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alive-progress vs laravel-comments
alive-progress has 6,312 GitHub stars, 238 forks, 20 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. laravel-comments has 602 stars, 98 forks, 4 open issues and last shipped yesterday. alive-progress leads on adoption by 949% (6,312 vs 602 stars). alive-progress is written in Python under MIT; laravel-comments is written in PHP under MIT. alive-progress has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, laravel-comments 16%. laravel-comments was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| alive-progress | laravel-comments | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 6.3K | ★ 602 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Python | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-05-24 | 2026-10-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 238 | ⑂ 98 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick alive-progress if
- You weight community size — 6.3K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick laravel-comments if
- You want the laravel-comments feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and laravel-comments fits your workflow better
About alive-progress
alive progress is a Python progress bar library for long running command line processing, aimed at developers who need live throughput, an accurate ETA, and rich terminal animation instead of a static bar.
read the full alive-progress overview →
About laravel-comments
laravel comments is a PHP package for Laravel developers who want to attach an approval aware, nestable commenting system to their Eloquent models without building one from scratch.
read the full laravel-comments overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is alive-progress or laravel-comments more popular?
alive-progress has 6,312 GitHub stars and laravel-comments has 602. alive-progress has the larger community by that measure.
Are alive-progress and laravel-comments free?
Both are open source. alive-progress is licensed under MIT and laravel-comments under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between alive-progress and laravel-comments?
alive-progress is written in Python and laravel-comments in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, alive-progress or laravel-comments?
Choose alive-progress if you want the larger community (6,312 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose laravel-comments if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.