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feathers vs HackBrowserData
feathers has 15,256 GitHub stars, 802 forks, 121 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. HackBrowserData has 14,661 stars, 1,809 forks, 33 open issues and last shipped yesterday. feathers leads on adoption by 4% (15,256 vs 14,661 stars). feathers is written in TypeScript under MIT; HackBrowserData is written in Go under MIT. feathers has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, HackBrowserData 12%. HackBrowserData 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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| feathers | HackBrowserData | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 15K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-01 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 802 | ⑂ 1.8K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick feathers if
- You weight community size — 15K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick HackBrowserData if
- You want the HackBrowserData feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and HackBrowserData fits your workflow better
About feathers
Feathers is a full stack framework for creating web APIs and real time applications with TypeScript or JavaScript. Feathers can interact with any backend technology, supports many databases out of the box and works with any frontend like React, VueJS, Angular, React Native, Android or iOS. Getting started Get started with just three commands: To learn more about Feathers visit the website at feathersjs.com or jump right into the Feathers guides. Contributing To start developing, clone this repository, then run: To run all tests run Individual tests can be run in the module you are working on: License Copyright…
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About HackBrowserData
HackBrowserData HackBrowserData is a command line tool for decrypting and exporting browser data (passwords, history, cookies, bookmarks, credit cards, download history, localStorage, sessionStorage and extensions) from the browser. It supports the most popular Chromium based browsers and Firefox on Windows, macOS and Linux, plus Safari on macOS. It can also decrypt data across machines and operating systems : export the master keys on the origin host, then decrypt a copy of the data offline on any other host — even for a browser that the analyst host's OS cannot run (see Cross host decryption). Disclaimer: This…
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Frequently asked questions
Is feathers or HackBrowserData more popular?
feathers has 15,256 GitHub stars and HackBrowserData has 14,661. feathers has the larger community by that measure.
Are feathers and HackBrowserData free?
Both are open source. feathers is licensed under MIT and HackBrowserData under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between feathers and HackBrowserData?
feathers is written in TypeScript and HackBrowserData 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, feathers or HackBrowserData?
Choose feathers if you want the larger community (15,256 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose HackBrowserData if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.