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filament vs sanity
filament has 32,075 GitHub stars, 4,208 forks, 26 open issues and last shipped yesterday. sanity has 6,324 stars, 553 forks, 221 open issues and last shipped yesterday. filament leads on adoption by 407% (32,075 vs 6,324 stars). filament is written in PHP under MIT; sanity is written in TypeScript under MIT. filament has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, sanity 9%. sanity was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (cms), 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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Side by side
| filament | sanity | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 6.3K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.2K | ⑂ 553 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick filament if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick sanity if
- You want the sanity feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and sanity fits your workflow better
About filament
Filament is a free, MIT licensed UI framework for Laravel, built on Livewire, that gives PHP developers a cohesive set of components for building applications and admin panels quickly.
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About sanity
Sanity Studio is an open source, MIT licensed single page application written in TypeScript that gives developers and content teams a fast to configure, real time workspace for editing structured content, with that content hosted in Sanity's Content Lake.
read the full sanity overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is filament or sanity more popular?
filament has 32,075 GitHub stars and sanity has 6,324. filament has the larger community by that measure.
Are filament and sanity free?
Both are open source. filament is licensed under MIT and sanity under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between filament and sanity?
filament is written in PHP and sanity in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, filament or sanity?
Choose filament if you want the larger community (32,075 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose sanity if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.