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conductor vs LLMTornado
conductor has 32,207 GitHub stars, 1,009 forks, 253 open issues and last shipped yesterday. LLMTornado has 641 stars, 115 forks, 14 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. conductor leads on adoption by 4,924% (32,207 vs 641 stars). conductor is written in Java under Apache-2.0; LLMTornado is written in C# under MIT. conductor has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, LLMTornado 18%. conductor 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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| conductor | LLMTornado | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 641 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Java | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-08-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.0K | ⑂ 115 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick conductor if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick LLMTornado if
- You want the LLMTornado feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and LLMTornado fits your workflow better
About conductor
Conductor is an Apache 2.0 licensed, event driven agentic workflow engine written in Java that provides durable and highly resilient execution for applications and AI agents, aimed at teams running microservices, AI agents, and adaptive workflow graphs that need orchestration they can version, inspect, and recover.
read the full conductor overview →
About LLMTornado
LLMTornado is a provider agnostic .NET SDK, released under the MIT licence, that lets C developers build, orchestrate and deploy AI agents and workflows against more than thirty built in API provider and vector database connectors.
read the full LLMTornado overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is conductor or LLMTornado more popular?
conductor has 32,207 GitHub stars and LLMTornado has 641. conductor has the larger community by that measure.
Are conductor and LLMTornado free?
Both are open source. conductor is licensed under Apache-2.0 and LLMTornado under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between conductor and LLMTornado?
conductor is written in Java and LLMTornado in C#. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, conductor or LLMTornado?
Choose conductor if you want the larger community (32,207 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose LLMTornado if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.