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gatsby vs Pagecord
gatsby has 55,939 GitHub stars, 10,115 forks, 450 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Pagecord has 189 stars, 15 forks, 9 open issues and last shipped yesterday. gatsby leads on adoption by 29,497% (55,939 vs 189 stars). gatsby is written in JavaScript under MIT; Pagecord is written in Ruby under a custom or non-standard licence. gatsby has attracted 18% as many forks as stars, Pagecord 8%. Pagecord 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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Side by side
| gatsby | Pagecord | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 56K | ★ 189 |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | JavaScript | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 10K | ⑂ 15 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick gatsby if
- You weight community size — 56K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Pagecord if
- You want the Pagecord feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You evaluated both and Pagecord fits your workflow better
About gatsby
Gatsby is a free and open source, React based framework for building websites and applications, released under the MIT license and written primarily in JavaScript. It combines the control and scalability of dynamically rendered sites with the speed of static site generation, and it sits in the JavaScript and React ecosystem as a static site generator, a compiler, and a GraphQL driven build tool. The project has been developed for roughly eleven years, carries 55,939 stars and 10,117 forks on GitHub, and currently has 450 open issues.
read the full gatsby overview →
About Pagecord
Pagecord is a personal website and blogging platform built on Ruby on Rails that is aimed at people who want to run their own blog, either through the hosted service at pagecord.com or from their own machine, and who would rather write than fight a publishing pipeline.
read the full Pagecord overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is gatsby or Pagecord more popular?
gatsby has 55,939 GitHub stars and Pagecord has 189. gatsby has the larger community by that measure.
Are gatsby and Pagecord free?
Both are open source. gatsby is licensed under MIT, and Pagecord has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between gatsby and Pagecord?
gatsby is written in JavaScript and Pagecord in Ruby. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, gatsby or Pagecord?
Choose gatsby if you want the larger community (55,939 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Pagecord if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.