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firecrawl vs hanko
firecrawl has 181,627 GitHub stars, 9,834 forks, 621 open issues and last shipped yesterday. hanko has 9,029 stars, 1,016 forks, 64 open issues and last shipped yesterday. firecrawl leads on adoption by 1,912% (181,627 vs 9,029 stars). firecrawl is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; hanko is written in Go under a custom or non-standard licence. firecrawl has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, hanko 11%. firecrawl 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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| firecrawl | hanko | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 182K | ★ 9.0K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.8K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick firecrawl if
- You weight community size — 182K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick hanko if
- You want the hanko feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and hanko fits your workflow better
About firecrawl
Firecrawl is an open source web context API that enables AI agents to search, scrape, and interact with websites at scale. It lives in the AI and data extraction ecosystem, providing structured, LLM ready outputs from unstructured web content. Built in TypeScript and licensed under AGPL 3.0, it supports both self hosting and a hosted service via firecrawl.dev.
read the full firecrawl overview →
About hanko
Hanko is an open source authentication and user management backend, written in Go, that gives teams a self hostable or fully managed alternative to Auth0, Clerk, WorkOS and Stytch for adding passwords, passkeys, MFA, social login and enterprise SSO to an application.
read the full hanko overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is firecrawl or hanko more popular?
firecrawl has 181,627 GitHub stars and hanko has 9,029. firecrawl has the larger community by that measure.
Are firecrawl and hanko free?
Both are open source. firecrawl is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and hanko has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between firecrawl and hanko?
firecrawl is written in TypeScript and hanko 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, firecrawl or hanko?
Choose firecrawl if you want the larger community (181,627 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose hanko if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.