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daily vs BookmarkHub
daily has 20,071 GitHub stars, 568 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. BookmarkHub has 2,557 stars, 232 forks, 67 open issues and last shipped 6 months ago. daily leads on adoption by 685% (20,071 vs 2,557 stars). daily is written in JavaScript under AGPL-3.0; BookmarkHub is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. daily has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, BookmarkHub 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 | BookmarkHub | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 20K | ★ 2.6K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-04-06 |
| Forks | ⑂ 568 | ⑂ 232 |
| 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 BookmarkHub if
- You want the BookmarkHub feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and BookmarkHub 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 BookmarkHub
BookmarkHub is a TypeScript browser extension, released under the Apache 2.0 licence, that synchronizes bookmarks between different browsers by keeping them in a GitHub Gist, and it is aimed at people who work across more than one browser or machine and already hold a GitHub account.
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Frequently asked questions
Is daily or BookmarkHub more popular?
daily has 20,071 GitHub stars and BookmarkHub has 2,557. daily has the larger community by that measure.
Are daily and BookmarkHub free?
Both are open source. daily is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and BookmarkHub under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between daily and BookmarkHub?
daily is written in JavaScript and BookmarkHub in TypeScript. 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 BookmarkHub?
Choose daily if you want the larger community (20,071 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose BookmarkHub if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.