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Avalonia vs ego-lite
Avalonia has 31,517 GitHub stars, 2,826 forks, 1,875 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ego-lite has 16,117 stars, 844 forks, 169 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Avalonia leads on adoption by 96% (31,517 vs 16,117 stars). Avalonia is written in C# under MIT; ego-lite is written in JavaScript under MIT. Avalonia has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, ego-lite 5%. Avalonia was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (browser), 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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| Avalonia | ego-lite | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 16K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | C# | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.8K | ⑂ 844 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Avalonia if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick ego-lite if
- You want the ego-lite feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and ego-lite fits your workflow better
About Avalonia
Avalonia is a cross platform UI framework for .NET, written in C and driven by XAML. It provides a flexible styling system and targets a wide range of platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and WebAssembly. The project is mature and production ready, and it is used by companies such as Schneider Electric, Unity, JetBrains and GitHub. It lives in the .NET ecosystem and is distributed through the NuGet package manager.
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About ego-lite
ego lite is an MIT licensed browser from citrolabs that lets a person and their AI agents drive the same browser in parallel, aimed at developers who want Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or a custom agent CLI to automate real, logged in web pages without surrendering the tabs they are using.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Avalonia or ego-lite more popular?
Avalonia has 31,517 GitHub stars and ego-lite has 16,117. Avalonia has the larger community by that measure.
Are Avalonia and ego-lite free?
Both are open source. Avalonia is licensed under MIT and ego-lite under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Avalonia and ego-lite?
Avalonia is written in C# and ego-lite 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, Avalonia or ego-lite?
Choose Avalonia if you want the larger community (31,517 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose ego-lite if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.