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serenity vs daily
serenity has 33,840 GitHub stars, 3,541 forks, 739 open issues and last shipped yesterday. daily has 20,070 stars, 568 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. serenity leads on adoption by 69% (33,840 vs 20,070 stars). serenity is written in C++ under BSD-2-Clause; daily is written in JavaScript under AGPL-3.0. serenity has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, daily 3%. serenity 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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Side by side
| serenity | daily | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 34K | ★ 20K |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | C++ | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.5K | ⑂ 568 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick serenity if
- You weight community size — 34K stars and counting
- You want the BSD-2-Clause 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 serenity
SerenityOS is a graphical Unix like operating system built for 64 bit x86, Arm, and RISC V computers. It is written in C++ and released under the BSD 2 Clause license, and it lives in the open source operating system ecosystem alongside other hobbyist and research kernels. The project describes itself as a love letter to 1990s user interfaces paired with a custom Unix like core, aiming for a marriage between the aesthetic of late 1990s productivity software and the power user accessibility of late 2000s Unix systems.
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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 serenity or daily more popular?
serenity has 33,840 GitHub stars and daily has 20,070. serenity has the larger community by that measure.
Are serenity and daily free?
Both are open source. serenity is licensed under BSD-2-Clause and daily under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between serenity and daily?
serenity 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, serenity or daily?
Choose serenity if you want the larger community (33,840 stars) or its BSD-2-Clause licence terms. Choose daily if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.