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Buzz vs galene
Buzz has 33,508 GitHub stars, 4,389 forks, 3,556 open issues and last shipped yesterday. galene has 1,404 stars, 195 forks, 59 open issues and last shipped 10 days ago. Buzz leads on adoption by 2,287% (33,508 vs 1,404 stars). Buzz is written in Rust under Apache-2.0; galene is written in Go under MIT. Buzz has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, galene 14%. 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 | galene | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 34K | ★ 1.4K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-08 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.4K | ⑂ 195 |
| 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 galene if
- You want the galene feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and galene 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 galene
Galene is a videoconference server. It lives in the Go, WebRTC, SFU, video conferencing, file sharing, and webapp ecosystem. It is listed as Business Software / Collaboration & Communication. It is described as a fully featured, easy to deploy videoconferencing system requiring very moderate server resources. It gives browser users named groups, operator permissions, and file sharing. It solves the problem of running video meetings without a heavy hosted stack. It also supports extension, because the README points to client, protocol, and administrative API documents.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Buzz or galene more popular?
Buzz has 33,508 GitHub stars and galene has 1,404. Buzz has the larger community by that measure.
Are Buzz and galene free?
Both are open source. Buzz is licensed under Apache-2.0 and galene under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Buzz and galene?
Buzz is written in Rust and galene 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, Buzz or galene?
Choose Buzz if you want the larger community (33,508 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose galene if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.