head to head · open source
glance vs omnom
glance has 37,981 GitHub stars, 1,506 forks, 318 open issues and last shipped yesterday. omnom has 666 stars, 42 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. glance leads on adoption by 5,603% (37,981 vs 666 stars). glance is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; omnom is written in Go under AGPL-3.0. glance has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, omnom 6%. glance was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (feed-reader, self-hosted), 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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| glance | omnom | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 38K | ★ 666 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.5K | ⑂ 42 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick glance if
- You weight community size — 38K 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 omnom if
- You want the omnom feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and omnom fits your workflow better
About glance
Glance Install • Configuration • Discord • Sponsor Community widgets • Preconfigured pages • Themes A lightweight, highly customizable dashboard that displays your feeds in a beautiful, streamlined interface Features Various widgets RSS feeds Subreddit posts Hacker News posts Weather forecasts YouTube channel uploads Twitch channels Market prices Docker containers status Server stats Custom widgets and many more... Fast and lightweight Low memory usage Few dependencies Minimal vanilla JS Single Configuration Configuration is done through YAML files, to learn more about how the layout works, how to add more pages…
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About omnom
Omnom A web content preservation service Bookmark with website snapshots Aggregate feeds Follow ActivityPub streams Check out our wiki for more information. Features Self hosted Bookmarking RSS reader Fediverse/ActivityPub support Websites are captured as your browser renders it saves the displayed content of dynamic pages as well Multiple snapshots of the same URL with resource summary and compare/diff views Web interface with multiuser support Locally saved multimedia content Flexible filtering by date, free text search in content, tags, users, domains, URLs, etc.. Documented API Browser addon Omnom browser…
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Frequently asked questions
Is glance or omnom more popular?
glance has 37,981 GitHub stars and omnom has 666. glance has the larger community by that measure.
Are glance and omnom free?
Both are open source. glance is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and omnom under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between glance and omnom?
glance is written in Go and omnom in Go. 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 omnom?
Choose glance if you want the larger community (37,981 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose omnom if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.