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edict vs Vikunja
edict has 16,900 GitHub stars, 1,769 forks, 18 open issues and last shipped 11 days ago. Vikunja has 5,438 stars, 694 forks, 235 open issues and last shipped yesterday. edict leads on adoption by 211% (16,900 vs 5,438 stars). edict is written in Python under MIT; Vikunja is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. edict has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, Vikunja 13%. Vikunja 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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| edict | Vikunja | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 17K | ★ 5.4K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Python | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-07 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.8K | ⑂ 694 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick edict if
- You weight community size — 17K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Vikunja if
- You want the Vikunja feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Vikunja fits your workflow better
About edict
Edict is an MIT licensed Python orchestration system that runs multi agent LLM work through the Tang dynasty Three Departments and Six Ministries, splitting the job across eleven business roles plus one compatibility role so that planning, review, dispatch, and execution are handled by separate agents, and it is built for teams running OpenClaw that need every hand off between agents to be reviewable, auditable, and interruptible.
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About Vikunja
Vikunja is a self hosted task and project management application that carries the tagline "The task manager you actually own." It lives in the Go and Vue.js ecosystem: the backend is written in Go, the frontend uses Vue.js, and the project ships a documented OpenAPI interface with Swagger docs published against the hosted demo instance. The repository sits on GitHub under the go vikunja organization, is licensed AGPL 3.0 or later across most of the codebase with the contents of desktop/ under GPL 3.0 or later, and is published as the Docker image vikunja/vikunja with the current release marked as v2.6.0.…
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Frequently asked questions
Is edict or Vikunja more popular?
edict has 16,900 GitHub stars and Vikunja has 5,438. edict has the larger community by that measure.
Are edict and Vikunja free?
Both are open source. edict is licensed under MIT and Vikunja under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between edict and Vikunja?
edict is written in Python and Vikunja 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, edict or Vikunja?
Choose edict if you want the larger community (16,900 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Vikunja if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.