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Fider vs Autolab
Fider has 4,530 GitHub stars, 852 forks, 57 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Autolab has 808 stars, 235 forks, 189 open issues and last shipped 17 days ago. Fider leads on adoption by 461% (4,530 vs 808 stars). Fider is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; Autolab is written in Ruby under Apache-2.0. Fider has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, Autolab 29%. Fider was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (feedback), 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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| Fider | Autolab | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 4.5K | ★ 808 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-01 |
| Forks | ⑂ 852 | ⑂ 235 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Fider if
- You weight community size — 4.5K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Autolab if
- You want the Autolab feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You evaluated both and Autolab fits your workflow better
About Fider
Fider is an open source, self hostable feedback portal, written in Go under the AGPL 3.0 licence, that lets a product team collect feature requests and suggestions from its customers and hear directly what they need.
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About Autolab
Autolab is an Apache 2.0 licensed course management service, written in Ruby on Rails, that lets instructors offer autograded programming assignments to students over the web, and it is built for university courses, teaching staff, and institutions that need automated grading of student code at scale.
read the full Autolab overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Fider or Autolab more popular?
Fider has 4,530 GitHub stars and Autolab has 808. Fider has the larger community by that measure.
Are Fider and Autolab free?
Both are open source. Fider is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Autolab under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Fider and Autolab?
Fider is written in Go and Autolab in Ruby. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Fider or Autolab?
Choose Fider if you want the larger community (4,530 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Autolab if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.