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it-tools vs Alokai
it-tools has 40,640 GitHub stars, 5,432 forks, 821 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Alokai has 10,944 stars, 2,064 forks, 52 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. it-tools leads on adoption by 271% (40,640 vs 10,944 stars). it-tools is written in Vue under GPL-3.0; Alokai is written in various languages under a licence not recorded in this registry. it-tools has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, Alokai 19%. it-tools 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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| it-tools | Alokai | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 41K | ★ 11K |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | Vue | — |
| Last push | 2026-09-16 | 2026-06-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.4K | ⑂ 2.1K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick it-tools if
- You weight community size — 41K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Vue
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Alokai if
- You want the Alokai feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You evaluated both and Alokai fits your workflow better
About it-tools
it tools be self hostable web collection of small developer and IT utilities — converters, encoders, formatters, generators — built with Vue and TypeScript, shipped as Docker image, aimed at developers, IT people, and homelab owners who want those tools without shipping data to third party sites.
read the full it-tools overview →
About Alokai
Alokai is an open source ecosystem of developer tools and a Frontend as a Service solution for composable commerce. It lives in the headless commerce ecosystem, where ecommerce backends expose APIs and separate frontend applications deliver storefronts.
read the full Alokai overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is it-tools or Alokai more popular?
it-tools has 40,640 GitHub stars and Alokai has 10,944. it-tools has the larger community by that measure.
Are it-tools and Alokai free?
Both are open source. it-tools is licensed under GPL-3.0, and Alokai has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between it-tools and Alokai?
it-tools is written in Vue and Alokai in various languages. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, it-tools or Alokai?
Choose it-tools if you want the larger community (40,640 stars) or its GPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Alokai if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.