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Fider vs roadmap
Fider has 4,530 GitHub stars, 852 forks, 57 open issues and last shipped yesterday. roadmap has 569 stars, 119 forks, 9 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. Fider leads on adoption by 696% (4,530 vs 569 stars). Fider is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; roadmap is written in PHP under MIT. Fider has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, roadmap 21%. Fider 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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| Fider | roadmap | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 4.5K | ★ 569 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 852 | ⑂ 119 |
| 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 roadmap if
- You want the roadmap feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and roadmap 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 roadmap
Roadmap is an MIT licensed, self hosted roadmapping application built in PHP on the Laravel framework, aimed at teams that want to run a public feature request board and publish a roadmap on their own infrastructure.
read the full roadmap overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Fider or roadmap more popular?
Fider has 4,530 GitHub stars and roadmap has 569. Fider has the larger community by that measure.
Are Fider and roadmap free?
Both are open source. Fider is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and roadmap under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Fider and roadmap?
Fider is written in Go and roadmap in PHP. 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 roadmap?
Choose Fider if you want the larger community (4,530 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose roadmap if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.