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glance vs social-network
glance has 37,092 GitHub stars, 1,463 forks, 318 open issues and last shipped 13 days ago. social-network has 636 stars, 137 forks, 41 open issues and last shipped 11 months ago. glance leads on adoption by 5,732% (37,092 vs 636 stars). glance is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; social-network is written in JavaScript under MIT. glance has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, social-network 22%. 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 | social-network | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 37K | ★ 636 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-05 | 2025-10-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.5K | ⑂ 137 |
| 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 social-network if
- You want the social-network feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and social-network 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 social-network
social network Mini social network that I made as my first web app project. Demo social network Screenshots Gif Link to a full video Video Built With React A JavaScript library for building user interfaces Redux State managment Semantic UI React UI Socket.io Used for realtime features Node Used for backend Mongodb Database Features Like posts, comments, replies See likes for posts, comments, replies Follow, unfollow Update user information Search users Tag people on post and in comments with autocomplete Send verification email Pagination for home feed, user profile, hashtag page, location page, notifications, co…
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Frequently asked questions
Is glance or social-network more popular?
glance has 37,092 GitHub stars and social-network has 636. glance has the larger community by that measure.
Are glance and social-network free?
Both are open source. glance is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and social-network under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between glance and social-network?
glance is written in Go and social-network 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 social-network?
Choose glance if you want the larger community (37,092 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose social-network if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.