head to head · open source
Bluesky vs discuit
Bluesky has 18,364 GitHub stars, 2,872 forks, 2,400 open issues and last shipped yesterday. discuit has 553 stars, 77 forks, 69 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. Bluesky leads on adoption by 3,221% (18,364 vs 553 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.
← all 20902 open source comparisons
Side by side
| Bluesky | discuit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 18K | ★ 553 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-28 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.9K | ⑂ 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 Social App Welcome friends! This is the codebase for the Bluesky Social app. Get the app itself: Web: bsky.app iOS: App Store Android: Play Store Development Resources This is a React Native application, written in the TypeScript programming language. It builds on the atproto TypeScript packages (like @atproto/api ), which are also open source, but in a different git repository. There is a small amount of Go language source code (in ./bskyweb/ ), for a web service that returns the React Native Web application. The Build Instructions are a good place to get started with the app itself. The Authenticated…
read the full Bluesky overview →
About discuit
Discuit This is the codebase that powers Discuit, which is an open source community platform, an alternative to Reddit. Built with: Go: The backend. React: The frontend. MariaDB: The main datastore. Redis: For transient data. Getting started Running locally To setup a development environment of Discuit on your local computer: 1. Install Go (1.21 or higher) by following the instructions at go.dev. 1. Install MariaDB (11.3 or higher), Redis, Node.js (and NPM). On Ubuntu, for instance, you might have to run the following commands: 1. Create a MariaDB database. 1. Discuit uses libvips for fast image transformations…
read the full discuit overview →
More in Community & Social
Related comparisons
More Social Networking projects
Compare either of these against the rest of the Social Networking field.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bluesky or discuit more popular?
Bluesky has 18,364 GitHub stars and discuit has 553. 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 (18,364 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose discuit if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.