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glance vs fedify
glance has 37,086 GitHub stars, 1,463 forks, 318 open issues and last shipped 13 days ago. fedify has 1,024 stars, 135 forks, 95 open issues and last shipped yesterday. glance leads on adoption by 3,522% (37,086 vs 1,024 stars). glance is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; fedify is written in TypeScript under MIT. glance has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, fedify 13%. fedify 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 | fedify | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 37K | ★ 1.0K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-05 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.5K | ⑂ 135 |
| 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 fedify if
- You want the fedify feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and fedify 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 fedify
Fedify is a TypeScript library for building federated server applications on ActivityPub, aimed at developers who want their own software to speak the fediverse protocol without hand writing the protocol layer.
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Frequently asked questions
Is glance or fedify more popular?
glance has 37,086 GitHub stars and fedify has 1,024. glance has the larger community by that measure.
Are glance and fedify free?
Both are open source. glance is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and fedify under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between glance and fedify?
glance is written in Go and fedify 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, glance or fedify?
Choose glance if you want the larger community (37,086 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose fedify if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.