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conductor vs donutbrowser
conductor has 32,213 GitHub stars, 1,012 forks, 253 open issues and last shipped yesterday. donutbrowser has 3,861 stars, 410 forks, 28 open issues and last shipped yesterday. conductor leads on adoption by 734% (32,213 vs 3,861 stars). conductor is written in Java under Apache-2.0; donutbrowser is written in Rust under AGPL-3.0. conductor has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, donutbrowser 11%. donutbrowser 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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| conductor | donutbrowser | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 3.9K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Java | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.0K | ⑂ 410 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick conductor if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick donutbrowser if
- You want the donutbrowser feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and donutbrowser fits your workflow better
About conductor
Conductor is an Apache 2.0 licensed, event driven agentic workflow engine written in Java that provides durable and highly resilient execution for applications and AI agents, aimed at teams running microservices, AI agents, and adaptive workflow graphs that need orchestration they can version, inspect, and recover.
read the full conductor overview →
About donutbrowser
Donut Browser is a free, open source anti detect browser written in Rust for anyone who needs many fully isolated browser identities — each with its own fingerprint, cookies, extensions, proxy, and VPN — running from one desktop install, and for the automation engineers and teams who script or sync those profiles.
read the full donutbrowser overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is conductor or donutbrowser more popular?
conductor has 32,213 GitHub stars and donutbrowser has 3,861. conductor has the larger community by that measure.
Are conductor and donutbrowser free?
Both are open source. conductor is licensed under Apache-2.0 and donutbrowser under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between conductor and donutbrowser?
conductor is written in Java and donutbrowser in Rust. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, conductor or donutbrowser?
Choose conductor if you want the larger community (32,213 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose donutbrowser if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.