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Buzz vs DesktopEditors
Buzz has 33,508 GitHub stars, 4,389 forks, 3,556 open issues and last shipped yesterday. DesktopEditors has 5,401 stars, 541 forks, 465 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. Buzz leads on adoption by 520% (33,508 vs 5,401 stars). Buzz is written in Rust under Apache-2.0; DesktopEditors is written in various languages under AGPL-3.0. Buzz has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, DesktopEditors 10%. 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 | DesktopEditors | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 34K | ★ 5.4K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Rust | — |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-05-21 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.4K | ⑂ 541 |
| 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 DesktopEditors if
- You want the DesktopEditors feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- You evaluated both and DesktopEditors 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 DesktopEditors
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is a free, open source office suite that combines document, spreadsheet, presentation, PDF, and PDF form editors with a diagram viewer into one offline desktop application for Windows, Linux, and macOS, aimed at anyone who works with Office Open XML files and wants a local, no internet alternative to a proprietary office suite.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Buzz or DesktopEditors more popular?
Buzz has 33,508 GitHub stars and DesktopEditors has 5,401. Buzz has the larger community by that measure.
Are Buzz and DesktopEditors free?
Both are open source. Buzz is licensed under Apache-2.0 and DesktopEditors under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Buzz and DesktopEditors?
Buzz is written in Rust and DesktopEditors in various languages. 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 DesktopEditors?
Choose Buzz if you want the larger community (33,508 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose DesktopEditors if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.