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alive-progress vs mouthful
alive-progress has 6,307 GitHub stars, 236 forks, 20 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. mouthful has 775 stars, 40 forks, 32 open issues and last shipped 12 months ago. alive-progress leads on adoption by 714% (6,307 vs 775 stars). alive-progress is written in Python under MIT; mouthful is written in Go under MIT. alive-progress has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, mouthful 5%. alive-progress 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 | mouthful | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 6.3K | ★ 775 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Python | Go |
| Last push | 2026-05-24 | 2025-10-08 |
| Forks | ⑂ 236 | ⑂ 40 |
| 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 mouthful if
- You want the mouthful feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and mouthful 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.
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About mouthful
Mouthful is a self hosted commenting server written in Go and Preact, and it is presented as an alternative to Disqus. It lives in the open source community and feedback ecosystem for blogs and websites that need a comment section without relying on an external advertising supported service.
read the full mouthful overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is alive-progress or mouthful more popular?
alive-progress has 6,307 GitHub stars and mouthful has 775. alive-progress has the larger community by that measure.
Are alive-progress and mouthful free?
Both are open source. alive-progress is licensed under MIT and mouthful under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between alive-progress and mouthful?
alive-progress is written in Python and mouthful in Go. 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 mouthful?
Choose alive-progress if you want the larger community (6,307 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose mouthful if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.