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servo vs ego-lite
servo has 38,001 GitHub stars, 3,798 forks, 3,209 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ego-lite has 16,117 stars, 844 forks, 169 open issues and last shipped yesterday. servo leads on adoption by 136% (38,001 vs 16,117 stars). servo is written in Rust under MPL-2.0; ego-lite is written in JavaScript under MIT. servo has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, ego-lite 5%. servo 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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| servo | ego-lite | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 38K | ★ 16K |
| License | MPL-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Rust | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.8K | ⑂ 844 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick servo if
- You weight community size — 38K stars and counting
- You want the MPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- 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 servo
Servo is a prototype web browser engine written in the Rust programming language. It is developed on 64 bit macOS, 64 bit Linux, 64 bit Windows, 64 bit OpenHarmony, and Android, and it lives in the Rust ecosystem as an open source project licensed under MPL 2.0. The repository carries the topics browser, rust, servo, web, webbrowser, webengine, and webplatform, and the project describes itself as aiming to empower developers with a lightweight, high performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications. Documentation lives in the Servo Book, with news and guides at servo.org.
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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.
read the full ego-lite overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is servo or ego-lite more popular?
servo has 38,001 GitHub stars and ego-lite has 16,117. servo has the larger community by that measure.
Are servo and ego-lite free?
Both are open source. servo is licensed under MPL-2.0 and ego-lite under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between servo and ego-lite?
servo is written in Rust 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, servo or ego-lite?
Choose servo if you want the larger community (38,001 stars) or its MPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose ego-lite if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.