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glance vs amethyst
glance has 37,086 GitHub stars, 1,463 forks, 318 open issues and last shipped 13 days ago. amethyst has 1,601 stars, 221 forks, 114 open issues and last shipped yesterday. glance leads on adoption by 2,216% (37,086 vs 1,601 stars). glance is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; amethyst is written in Kotlin under MIT. glance has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, amethyst 14%. amethyst 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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| glance | amethyst | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 37K | ★ 1.6K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | Kotlin |
| Last push | 2026-09-05 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.5K | ⑂ 221 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick glance if
- You weight community size — 37K 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 amethyst if
- You want the amethyst feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Kotlin
- You evaluated both and amethyst fits your workflow better
About glance
Glance is a self hosted dashboard application written in Go and released under the AGPL 3.0 license. It gathers feeds and status information from many sources into a single customizable page, so that a user can read news, follow channels and watch server health from one interface instead of opening a separate tab or application for each source. It lives in the self hosted and homelab ecosystem, alongside other Docker packaged services that users run on their own hardware. The project has been on GitHub for about two years, holds roughly 37,000 stars and 1,454 forks, and its topic list places it among aggregators,…
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About amethyst
Amethyst is Nostr client for Android. Project lives in Nostr social network ecosystem. GitHub description says Nostr client for Android. Topics say android, kotlin, nostr, social network. Category says Community & Social / Social Networking. Homepage is http://amethyst.social. License is MIT. Language is Kotlin. Repository has 1599 stars, 221 forks, 114 open issues. Repository age is 4 years. Last push is 2026 09 15T02:53:19Z. README lists GitHub downloads, Play Store installs, stable release, Quartz Maven Central, Quartz JitPack snapshots, CI, MIT license, DeepWiki.
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Frequently asked questions
Is glance or amethyst more popular?
glance has 37,086 GitHub stars and amethyst has 1,601. glance has the larger community by that measure.
Are glance and amethyst free?
Both are open source. glance is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and amethyst under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between glance and amethyst?
glance is written in Go and amethyst in Kotlin. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, glance or amethyst?
Choose glance if you want the larger community (37,086 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose amethyst if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.