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etcd vs martin
etcd has 52,270 GitHub stars, 10,506 forks, 351 open issues and last shipped yesterday. martin has 3,925 stars, 388 forks, 52 open issues and last shipped yesterday. etcd leads on adoption by 1,232% (52,270 vs 3,925 stars). etcd is written in Go under Apache-2.0; martin is written in Rust under Apache-2.0. etcd has attracted 20% as many forks as stars, martin 10%. martin 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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| etcd | martin | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 52K | ★ 3.9K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 388 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick etcd if
- You weight community size — 52K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick martin if
- You want the martin feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and martin fits your workflow better
About etcd
etcd is an Apache 2.0 licensed, Go written distributed key value store that holds the most critical data of a distributed system in a Raft replicated log, aimed at the platform and infrastructure engineers who must keep that control plane data consistent and available.
About martin
Martin is a Rust based tile server and toolkit from the MapLibre project that generates vector tiles on the fly from PostgreSQL/PostGIS databases and GeoJSON files, serves tiles from PMTiles, MBTiles and GeoParquet sources, and ships command line tooling for bulk tile generation and MBTiles maintenance, aimed at teams that self host map tiles under heavy traffic.
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Frequently asked questions
Is etcd or martin more popular?
etcd has 52,270 GitHub stars and martin has 3,925. etcd has the larger community by that measure.
Are etcd and martin free?
Both are open source. etcd is licensed under Apache-2.0 and martin under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between etcd and martin?
etcd is written in Go and martin in Rust. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, etcd or martin?
Choose etcd if you want the larger community (52,270 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose martin if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.