head to head · open source
glance vs misskey
glance has 37,086 GitHub stars, 1,463 forks, 318 open issues and last shipped 13 days ago. misskey has 11,327 stars, 1,616 forks, 2,535 open issues and last shipped yesterday. glance leads on adoption by 227% (37,086 vs 11,327 stars). glance is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; misskey is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. glance has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, misskey 14%. misskey 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 | misskey | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 37K | ★ 11K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-05 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.5K | ⑂ 1.6K |
| 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 misskey if
- You want the misskey feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and misskey 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 misskey
Misskey is an open source, federated social media platform that is free forever, released under the AGPL 3.0 license. It is written in TypeScript and lives in the fediverse, the network of interoperable social platforms built on the ActivityPub protocol. The project has been developed for roughly ten years and carries the topics activitypub, federation, fediverse, microblog, and misskey. Its homepage and documentation hub is hosted at misskey hub.net.
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Frequently asked questions
Is glance or misskey more popular?
glance has 37,086 GitHub stars and misskey has 11,327. glance has the larger community by that measure.
Are glance and misskey free?
Both are open source. glance is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and misskey under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between glance and misskey?
glance is written in Go and misskey 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 misskey?
Choose glance if you want the larger community (37,086 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose misskey if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.