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Bluesky vs omnom
Bluesky has 18,364 GitHub stars, 2,872 forks, 2,400 open issues and last shipped yesterday. omnom has 666 stars, 42 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Bluesky leads on adoption by 2,657% (18,364 vs 666 stars). Bluesky is written in TypeScript under MIT; omnom is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. Bluesky has attracted 16% as many forks as stars, omnom 6%. 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 | omnom | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 18K | ★ 666 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.9K | ⑂ 42 |
| 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 omnom if
- You want the omnom feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and omnom 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…
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About omnom
Omnom A web content preservation service Bookmark with website snapshots Aggregate feeds Follow ActivityPub streams Check out our wiki for more information. Features Self hosted Bookmarking RSS reader Fediverse/ActivityPub support Websites are captured as your browser renders it saves the displayed content of dynamic pages as well Multiple snapshots of the same URL with resource summary and compare/diff views Web interface with multiuser support Locally saved multimedia content Flexible filtering by date, free text search in content, tags, users, domains, URLs, etc.. Documented API Browser addon Omnom browser…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bluesky or omnom more popular?
Bluesky has 18,364 GitHub stars and omnom has 666. Bluesky has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bluesky and omnom free?
Both are open source. Bluesky is licensed under MIT and omnom under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bluesky and omnom?
Bluesky is written in TypeScript and omnom in Go. 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 omnom?
Choose Bluesky if you want the larger community (18,364 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose omnom if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.