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Fider vs pretty
Fider has 4,530 GitHub stars, 852 forks, 57 open issues and last shipped yesterday. pretty has 624 stars, 29 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 11 days ago. Fider leads on adoption by 626% (4,530 vs 624 stars). Fider is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; pretty is written in Clojure under Apache-2.0. Fider has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, pretty 5%. 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 | pretty | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 4.5K | ★ 624 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Clojure |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-07 |
| Forks | ⑂ 852 | ⑂ 29 |
| 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 pretty if
- You want the pretty feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Clojure
- You evaluated both and pretty 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.
read the full Fider overview →
About pretty
pretty is an Apache 2.0 Clojure library, published on Clojars as org.clj commons/pretty, that formats exception output, ANSI fonts and binary data so developers can read console and REPL output more easily.
read the full pretty overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Fider or pretty more popular?
Fider has 4,530 GitHub stars and pretty has 624. Fider has the larger community by that measure.
Are Fider and pretty free?
Both are open source. Fider is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and pretty under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Fider and pretty?
Fider is written in Go and pretty in Clojure. 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 pretty?
Choose Fider if you want the larger community (4,530 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose pretty if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.