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bento vs yft-design
bento has 5,129 GitHub stars, 356 forks, 38 open issues and last shipped yesterday. yft-design has 1,644 stars, 333 forks, 18 open issues and last shipped 15 days ago. bento leads on adoption by 212% (5,129 vs 1,644 stars). bento is written in TypeScript under MIT; yft-design is written in TypeScript under MIT. bento has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, yft-design 20%. bento 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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Side by side
| bento | yft-design | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 5.1K | ★ 1.6K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-04 |
| Forks | ⑂ 356 | ⑂ 333 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick bento if
- You weight community size — 5.1K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick yft-design if
- You want the yft-design feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and yft-design fits your workflow better
About bento
Bento is an MIT licensed, local first PowerPoint alternative that ships as a single self contained HTML file, in which the deck carries its own viewer, presenter and editor so that anyone who opens it in a modern browser can edit or present it without installing anything.
read the full bento overview →
About yft-design
yft design is an MIT licensed online design editor written in TypeScript with Vue 3, fabric.js, and Element Plus, aimed at anyone who needs poster design and image editing without depending on a commercial design platform.
read the full yft-design overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is bento or yft-design more popular?
bento has 5,129 GitHub stars and yft-design has 1,644. bento has the larger community by that measure.
Are bento and yft-design free?
Both are open source. bento is licensed under MIT and yft-design under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between bento and yft-design?
bento is written in TypeScript and yft-design 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, bento or yft-design?
Choose bento if you want the larger community (5,129 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose yft-design if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.