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Avalonia vs daily
Avalonia has 31,517 GitHub stars, 2,826 forks, 1,875 open issues and last shipped yesterday. daily has 20,070 stars, 568 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Avalonia leads on adoption by 57% (31,517 vs 20,070 stars). Avalonia is written in C# under MIT; daily is written in JavaScript under AGPL-3.0. Avalonia has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, daily 3%. Avalonia 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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| Avalonia | daily | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 20K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | C# | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.8K | ⑂ 568 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Avalonia if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick daily if
- You want the daily feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and daily fits your workflow better
About Avalonia
Avalonia is a cross platform UI framework for .NET, written in C and driven by XAML. It provides a flexible styling system and targets a wide range of platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and WebAssembly. The project is mature and production ready, and it is used by companies such as Schneider Electric, Unity, JetBrains and GitHub. It lives in the .NET ecosystem and is distributed through the NuGet package manager.
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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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Frequently asked questions
Is Avalonia or daily more popular?
Avalonia has 31,517 GitHub stars and daily has 20,070. Avalonia has the larger community by that measure.
Are Avalonia and daily free?
Both are open source. Avalonia is licensed under MIT and daily under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Avalonia and daily?
Avalonia is written in C# and daily 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, Avalonia or daily?
Choose Avalonia if you want the larger community (31,517 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose daily if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.