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daily vs auto-tab-discard
daily has 20,071 GitHub stars, 568 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. auto-tab-discard has 1,207 stars, 107 forks, 189 open issues and last shipped 15 days ago. daily leads on adoption by 1,563% (20,071 vs 1,207 stars). daily is written in JavaScript under AGPL-3.0; auto-tab-discard is written in JavaScript under MPL-2.0. daily has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, auto-tab-discard 9%. daily was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (browser-extension, chrome-extension), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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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| daily | auto-tab-discard | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 20K | ★ 1.2K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-05 |
| Forks | ⑂ 568 | ⑂ 107 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick daily if
- You weight community size — 20K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick auto-tab-discard if
- You want the auto-tab-discard feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and auto-tab-discard fits your workflow better
About daily
daily.dev is a free, open source personalized news feed and community for software developers. It lives in the JavaScript ecosystem and is licensed under AGPL 3.0. The project aggregates articles, tutorials, release notes, and news from more than 2,000 trusted sources across the web, then personalizes the resulting feed according to the tags a reader follows — such as webdev, ai, or devops — and according to what that reader has already engaged with. It is delivered as a new tab browser extension for Chrome and Edge, as a web app, and as mobile apps for iOS and Android, with a PWA among its listed topics. The rep…
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About auto-tab-discard
Auto Tab Discard is a browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Opera that uses the native chrome.tabs.discard API to automatically free memory held by inactive tabs.
read the full auto-tab-discard overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is daily or auto-tab-discard more popular?
daily has 20,071 GitHub stars and auto-tab-discard has 1,207. daily has the larger community by that measure.
Are daily and auto-tab-discard free?
Both are open source. daily is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and auto-tab-discard under MPL-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between daily and auto-tab-discard?
daily is written in JavaScript and auto-tab-discard in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, daily or auto-tab-discard?
Choose daily if you want the larger community (20,071 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose auto-tab-discard if its feature set, stack or MPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.