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effect vs dozzle
effect has 16,097 GitHub stars, 747 forks, 253 open issues and last shipped yesterday. dozzle has 14,410 stars, 617 forks, 6 open issues and last shipped yesterday. effect leads on adoption by 12% (16,097 vs 14,410 stars). effect is written in TypeScript under MIT; dozzle is written in Go under MIT. effect has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, dozzle 4%. effect 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
| effect | dozzle | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 16K | ★ 14K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 747 | ⑂ 617 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick effect if
- You weight community size — 16K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick dozzle if
- You want the dozzle feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and dozzle fits your workflow better
About effect
Effect is a TypeScript library for building robust, maintainable, type safe, and production grade applications. It lives in the TypeScript and JavaScript ecosystem, distributed as the core effect package alongside a monorepo of integration packages that extend it. The project is MIT licensed, has been developed for roughly seven years, and currently ships Effect V4 as a release candidate, with the main branch holding v4 development and the v3 branch retaining the previous line.
read the full effect overview →
About dozzle
Dozzle is a lightweight, web based application for monitoring Docker logs in real time. It is written in Go and distributed under the MIT license, and it lives in the container and orchestration ecosystem alongside Docker, Docker Swarm and Kubernetes, which its topics and tagline both name. The project ships as a small container — roughly 7 MB compressed — and its user interface is built with Vue.js. It exposes a browser view over logs rather than writing them anywhere: the README states plainly that Dozzle stores no log files and exists purely for live log viewing.
read the full dozzle overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is effect or dozzle more popular?
effect has 16,097 GitHub stars and dozzle has 14,410. effect has the larger community by that measure.
Are effect and dozzle free?
Both are open source. effect is licensed under MIT and dozzle under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between effect and dozzle?
effect is written in TypeScript and dozzle 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, effect or dozzle?
Choose effect if you want the larger community (16,097 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose dozzle if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.