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daily vs competitive-companion
daily has 20,071 GitHub stars, 568 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. competitive-companion has 1,310 stars, 212 forks, 90 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. daily leads on adoption by 1,432% (20,071 vs 1,310 stars). daily is written in JavaScript under AGPL-3.0; competitive-companion is written in TypeScript under MIT. daily has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, competitive-companion 16%. daily was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (browser-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 | competitive-companion | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 20K | ★ 1.3K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-06-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 568 | ⑂ 212 |
| 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 competitive-companion if
- You want the competitive-companion feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and competitive-companion 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 competitive-companion
Competitive Companion is an MIT licensed browser extension that parses competitive programming problems and contests from online judges and sends the extracted data to the local editor, judge, or helper tool that a solver already uses.
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Frequently asked questions
Is daily or competitive-companion more popular?
daily has 20,071 GitHub stars and competitive-companion has 1,310. daily has the larger community by that measure.
Are daily and competitive-companion free?
Both are open source. daily is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and competitive-companion under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between daily and competitive-companion?
daily is written in JavaScript and competitive-companion 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 competitive-companion?
Choose daily if you want the larger community (20,071 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose competitive-companion if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.