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glance vs postmarks
glance has 37,981 GitHub stars, 1,506 forks, 318 open issues and last shipped yesterday. postmarks has 547 stars, 43 forks, 78 open issues and last shipped 6 months ago. glance leads on adoption by 6,844% (37,981 vs 547 stars). glance is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; postmarks is written in JavaScript under MIT. glance has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, postmarks 8%. glance 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 | postmarks | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 38K | ★ 547 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-05-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.5K | ⑂ 43 |
| 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 postmarks if
- You want the postmarks feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and postmarks 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 postmarks
Postmarks About this project Postmarks is a bookmarking site that you own yourself and can connect the Fediverse, interacting with other Postmarks sites as well as Mastodon/FireFish/any text based ActivityPub platform. You can read more about it here: Getting Started Ethos Future Ideas The site allows the owner to add, edit and delete bookmarks, but only if a valid login is provided. Check the setup below to understand how to do that! Setting up your site To set your app up: Create a .env file in the root of the project. Add the line PUBLIC BASE URL= to your .env where \ is the hostname of your instance. Add the…
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Frequently asked questions
Is glance or postmarks more popular?
glance has 37,981 GitHub stars and postmarks has 547. glance has the larger community by that measure.
Are glance and postmarks free?
Both are open source. glance is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and postmarks under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between glance and postmarks?
glance is written in Go and postmarks in JavaScript. 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 postmarks?
Choose glance if you want the larger community (37,981 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose postmarks if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.