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Buzz vs dDocs
Buzz has 33,508 GitHub stars, 4,389 forks, 3,556 open issues and last shipped yesterday. dDocs has 413 stars, 31 forks, 16 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Buzz leads on adoption by 8,013% (33,508 vs 413 stars). Buzz is written in Rust under Apache-2.0; dDocs is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. Buzz has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, dDocs 8%. Buzz 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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| Buzz | dDocs | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 34K | ★ 413 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Rust | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.4K | ⑂ 31 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Buzz if
- You weight community size — 34K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick dDocs if
- You want the dDocs 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 dDocs fits your workflow better
About Buzz
Buzz is a self hostable workspace platform where humans and AI agents collaborate in shared rooms, using a single Nostr based event log as the underlying data model. It unifies team chat, project management, and agent automation into one coherent interface, replacing fragmented tools with a unified protocol for events like messages, code patches, CI results, workflow steps, and approvals. Built in Rust and licensed under Apache 2.0, it runs as a single relay deployment per community or as a multi tenant hosted service sharing infrastructure while preserving strict community boundaries.
About dDocs
dDocs (Fileverse dDocs) is an end to end encrypted collaborative document editor written in TypeScript, licensed under AGPL 3.0, published as the @fileverse dev/ddoc package and offered as a hosted app at ddocs.new, and it is built for developers and privacy conscious teams who want multiplayer document editing without giving up control of the underlying data.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Buzz or dDocs more popular?
Buzz has 33,508 GitHub stars and dDocs has 413. Buzz has the larger community by that measure.
Are Buzz and dDocs free?
Both are open source. Buzz is licensed under Apache-2.0 and dDocs under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Buzz and dDocs?
Buzz is written in Rust and dDocs 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, Buzz or dDocs?
Choose Buzz if you want the larger community (33,508 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose dDocs if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.