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aureuserp vs Transity
aureuserp has 11,926 GitHub stars, 563 forks, 45 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Transity has 653 stars, 18 forks, 9 open issues and last shipped 17 days ago. aureuserp leads on adoption by 1,726% (11,926 vs 653 stars). aureuserp is written in PHP under MIT; Transity is written in Rust under AGPL-3.0. aureuserp has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, Transity 3%. aureuserp was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (accounting), 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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| aureuserp | Transity | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 12K | ★ 653 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | PHP | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-01 |
| Forks | ⑂ 563 | ⑂ 18 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick aureuserp if
- You weight community size — 12K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Transity if
- You want the Transity feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and Transity fits your workflow better
About aureuserp
Aureus ERP is a free and open source Enterprise Resource Planning platform released under the MIT license. It is written in PHP and built on Laravel 13 as the application framework and FilamentPHP 5 as the admin panel layer, with Livewire 4 for dynamic interfaces and TailwindCSS 4 for the responsive front end. It runs on PHP 8.3 or higher and targets both small and medium enterprises and larger organizations that need accounting, inventory, HR, CRM, and project management in one system. The project lives in the PHP and Laravel ecosystem, which means it is deployed like any other Laravel application rather than as…
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About Transity
Transity is a command line plain text accounting tool, written in Rust and licensed AGPL 3.0, for people who keep their books in plain text and want to inspect and maintain them from a terminal.
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Frequently asked questions
Is aureuserp or Transity more popular?
aureuserp has 11,926 GitHub stars and Transity has 653. aureuserp has the larger community by that measure.
Are aureuserp and Transity free?
Both are open source. aureuserp is licensed under MIT and Transity under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between aureuserp and Transity?
aureuserp is written in PHP and Transity in Rust. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, aureuserp or Transity?
Choose aureuserp if you want the larger community (11,926 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Transity if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.