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ego-lite vs feathers
ego-lite has 16,117 GitHub stars, 844 forks, 169 open issues and last shipped yesterday. feathers has 15,263 stars, 798 forks, 121 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. ego-lite leads on adoption by 6% (16,117 vs 15,263 stars). ego-lite is written in JavaScript under MIT; feathers is written in TypeScript under MIT. ego-lite has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, feathers 5%. ego-lite 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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| ego-lite | feathers | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 16K | ★ 15K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 844 | ⑂ 798 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick ego-lite if
- You weight community size — 16K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick feathers if
- You want the feathers feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and feathers fits your workflow better
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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About feathers
Feathers is a full stack framework for creating web APIs and real time applications with TypeScript or JavaScript. It lives in the Node.js and npm ecosystem, and it is published as a set of packages, with the core available as @feathersjs/feathers . The project has existed for roughly 15 years and is maintained under the MIT license by its contributors.
read the full feathers overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is ego-lite or feathers more popular?
ego-lite has 16,117 GitHub stars and feathers has 15,263. ego-lite has the larger community by that measure.
Are ego-lite and feathers free?
Both are open source. ego-lite is licensed under MIT and feathers under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between ego-lite and feathers?
ego-lite is written in JavaScript and feathers in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, ego-lite or feathers?
Choose ego-lite if you want the larger community (16,117 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose feathers if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.