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Fizzy vs Alexandrie
Fizzy has 8,212 GitHub stars, 1,194 forks, 67 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Alexandrie has 2,757 stars, 195 forks, 29 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. Fizzy leads on adoption by 198% (8,212 vs 2,757 stars). Fizzy is written in Ruby under a custom or non-standard licence; Alexandrie is written in Vue under MIT. Fizzy has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, Alexandrie 7%. Fizzy was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (kanban), 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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| Fizzy | Alexandrie | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.2K | ★ 2.8K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Ruby | Vue |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.2K | ⑂ 195 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Fizzy if
- You weight community size — 8.2K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Alexandrie if
- You want the Alexandrie feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Vue
- You evaluated both and Alexandrie fits your workflow better
About Fizzy
Fizzy is an open source kanban tool for tracking issues and ideas, published by 37signals as a Ruby on Rails application, and it is aimed at teams that want a fast, simple board together with the source code and the option to run that board on their own server.
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About Alexandrie
Alexandrie is an open source, self hosted knowledge base and project & work management tool. It lives in the Vue/Nuxt, Golang, Docker, and offline first web app ecosystem. It provides an extended Markdown editor for organizing, searching, sharing, and exporting notes from desktop or mobile devices.
read the full Alexandrie overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Fizzy or Alexandrie more popular?
Fizzy has 8,212 GitHub stars and Alexandrie has 2,757. Fizzy has the larger community by that measure.
Are Fizzy and Alexandrie free?
Both are open source. Fizzy has no licence declared in this registry, and Alexandrie is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Fizzy and Alexandrie?
Fizzy is written in Ruby and Alexandrie in Vue. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Fizzy or Alexandrie?
Choose Fizzy if you want the larger community (8,212 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Alexandrie if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.