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Alokai vs Webiny
Alokai has 10,961 GitHub stars, 2,061 forks, 52 open issues and last shipped 5 months ago. Webiny has 8,049 stars, 683 forks, 352 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Alokai leads on adoption by 36% (10,961 vs 8,049 stars). Alokai is written in various languages under a licence not recorded in this registry; Webiny is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Alokai has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, Webiny 8%. Webiny 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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| Alokai | Webiny | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 11K | ★ 8.0K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | — | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-06-09 | 2026-11-04 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.1K | ⑂ 683 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Alokai if
- You weight community size — 11K stars and counting
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Webiny if
- You want the Webiny feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Webiny fits your workflow better
About Alokai
An ecosystem of developer tools that accelerate and simplify building eCommerce Storefronts Fully customizable, backend agnostic with 3500+ Live Stores! Documentation Alokai is your guide to the composable commerce world that simplifies building, deploying, and monitoring ecommerce frontends. Works with any backend . Alokai is compatible with any backend that has an API. In addition its already integrated with many of them! See the list of available integrations. Working eCommerce Storefront Alokai delivers fully working eCommerce storefront integrated with your favourite stack Fully customizable . Build your…
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About Webiny
AI programmable CMS for enterprises hosting on AWS About Webiny Open source content platform. Self hosted on AWS serverless. Built as a TypeScript framework you extend with code, not a closed product you configure through a UI. Runs on Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, and CloudFront inside your own AWS account. Scales automatically. No servers to manage. Infrastructure provisioned via IaC (Pulumi) in a single deploy command. Used in production by teams managing hundreds of millions of content records, petabytes of assets, and thousands of editors — including Amazon, Emirates, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Alokai or Webiny more popular?
Alokai has 10,961 GitHub stars and Webiny has 8,049. Alokai has the larger community by that measure.
Are Alokai and Webiny free?
Neither Alokai nor Webiny declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Alokai and Webiny?
Alokai is written in various languages and Webiny in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Alokai or Webiny?
Choose Alokai if you want the larger community (10,961 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Webiny if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.