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Bluesky vs discuit
Bluesky has 18,295 GitHub stars, 2,837 forks, 2,400 open issues and last shipped yesterday. discuit has 551 stars, 77 forks, 69 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. Bluesky leads on adoption by 3,220% (18,295 vs 551 stars). Bluesky is written in TypeScript under MIT; discuit is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. Bluesky has attracted 16% as many forks as stars, discuit 14%. Bluesky 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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| Bluesky | discuit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 18K | ★ 551 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-07-21 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.8K | ⑂ 77 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Bluesky if
- You weight community size — 18K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick discuit if
- You want the discuit feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and discuit fits your workflow better
About Bluesky
Bluesky is the open source social application codebase for the Bluesky Social app. It lives in the AT Protocol ecosystem, also called atproto, and it is written in TypeScript as a React Native application. The project provides client code for Web, iOS, and Android, and it builds on open source atproto packages such as @atproto/api, which live in a separate repository.
read the full Bluesky overview →
About discuit
Discuit is a free and open source community discussion platform, built on a Go backend and a React frontend, that anyone can self host as an alternative to Reddit.
read the full discuit overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bluesky or discuit more popular?
Bluesky has 18,295 GitHub stars and discuit has 551. Bluesky has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bluesky and discuit free?
Both are open source. Bluesky is licensed under MIT and discuit under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bluesky and discuit?
Bluesky is written in TypeScript and discuit 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, Bluesky or discuit?
Choose Bluesky if you want the larger community (18,295 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose discuit if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.