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Archon vs puppetry
Archon has 23,505 GitHub stars, 3,474 forks, 321 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. puppetry has 888 stars, 127 forks, 25 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Archon leads on adoption by 2,547% (23,505 vs 888 stars). Archon is written in TypeScript under MIT; puppetry is written in JavaScript under MIT. Archon has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, puppetry 14%. Archon 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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| Archon | puppetry | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 24K | ★ 888 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-06-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.5K | ⑂ 127 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Archon if
- You weight community size — 24K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick puppetry if
- You want the puppetry feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and puppetry fits your workflow better
About Archon
Archon is an open source workflow engine for AI coding agents, written in TypeScript and released under the MIT license. It lives in the AI coding ecosystem, alongside tools such as Claude Code, and is distributed through the Bun runtime and the GitHub CLI. The project describes itself as a harness builder: it lets a developer encode a development process as a YAML workflow and then run that workflow reliably across projects. Workflows are stored in a .archon/workflows/ directory and committed to the repository, so the same definition can be invoked from the CLI, a web UI, Slack, Telegram, or GitHub.…
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About puppetry
Puppetry is a no code/low code end to end web testing tool built on top of Puppeteer and Jest, aimed at QA engineers, testers, and developers who want to record and manage browser tests through a UI instead of writing scripts — though the project is now officially deprecated and kept only as an example and a piece of its own history.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Archon or puppetry more popular?
Archon has 23,505 GitHub stars and puppetry has 888. Archon has the larger community by that measure.
Are Archon and puppetry free?
Both are open source. Archon is licensed under MIT and puppetry under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Archon and puppetry?
Archon is written in TypeScript and puppetry in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Archon or puppetry?
Choose Archon if you want the larger community (23,505 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose puppetry if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.