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anime vs ShipSwift
anime has 73,410 GitHub stars, 4,959 forks, 118 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. ShipSwift has 3,235 stars, 185 forks, 6 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. anime leads on adoption by 2,169% (73,410 vs 3,235 stars). anime is written in JavaScript under MIT; ShipSwift is written in Swift under MIT. anime has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, ShipSwift 6%. anime was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (animation), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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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| anime | ShipSwift | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 73K | ★ 3.2K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | Swift |
| Last push | 2026-08-21 | 2026-08-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.0K | ⑂ 185 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick anime if
- You weight community size — 73K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick ShipSwift if
- You want the ShipSwift feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Swift
- You evaluated both and ShipSwift fits your workflow better
About anime
Anime.js is a free, MIT licensed JavaScript animation engine for developers who need to animate CSS properties, SVG, DOM attributes, and plain JavaScript objects from a single lightweight API.
read the full anime overview →
About ShipSwift
ShipSwift is an AI native SwiftUI component library with full stack recipes, made available to AI coding assistants through an MCP server so developers building iOS apps can hand their assistant production ready component code.
read the full ShipSwift overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is anime or ShipSwift more popular?
anime has 73,410 GitHub stars and ShipSwift has 3,235. anime has the larger community by that measure.
Are anime and ShipSwift free?
Both are open source. anime is licensed under MIT and ShipSwift under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between anime and ShipSwift?
anime is written in JavaScript and ShipSwift in Swift. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, anime or ShipSwift?
Choose anime if you want the larger community (73,410 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose ShipSwift if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.