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daily vs HackBrowserData
daily has 20,071 GitHub stars, 568 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. HackBrowserData has 14,540 stars, 1,808 forks, 33 open issues and last shipped 19 days ago. daily leads on adoption by 38% (20,071 vs 14,540 stars). daily is written in JavaScript under AGPL-3.0; HackBrowserData is written in Go under MIT. daily has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, HackBrowserData 12%. 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 | HackBrowserData | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 20K | ★ 15K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-01 |
| Forks | ⑂ 568 | ⑂ 1.8K |
| 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 HackBrowserData if
- You want the HackBrowserData feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and HackBrowserData 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 HackBrowserData
HackBrowserData is an MIT licensed command line tool written in Go that decrypts and exports browser data — passwords, cookies, history, bookmarks, credit cards, downloads, extensions, localStorage and sessionStorage — from Chromium based browsers, Firefox, and Safari for security research on Windows, macOS and Linux.
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Frequently asked questions
Is daily or HackBrowserData more popular?
daily has 20,071 GitHub stars and HackBrowserData has 14,540. daily has the larger community by that measure.
Are daily and HackBrowserData free?
Both are open source. daily is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and HackBrowserData under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between daily and HackBrowserData?
daily is written in JavaScript and HackBrowserData in Go. 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 HackBrowserData?
Choose daily if you want the larger community (20,071 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose HackBrowserData if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.