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Godot vs parlant
Godot has 117,369 GitHub stars, 26,777 forks, 18,870 open issues and last shipped yesterday. parlant has 18,290 stars, 1,555 forks, 41 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. Godot leads on adoption by 542% (117,369 vs 18,290 stars). Godot is written in C++ under MIT; parlant is written in Python under Apache-2.0. Godot has attracted 23% as many forks as stars, parlant 9%. Godot 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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| Godot | parlant | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 117K | ★ 18K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | C++ | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-07-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 27K | ⑂ 1.6K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Godot if
- You weight community size — 117K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick parlant if
- You want the parlant feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and parlant fits your workflow better
About Godot
Godot Engine is a free, MIT licensed, cross platform 2D and 3D game engine that ships an editor, a class reference, export templates, and one click deployment to desktop, mobile, web and console targets, aimed at game developers who want to own their toolchain and their games without royalties.
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About parlant
Parlant is a Python project licensed under Apache 2.0, and it presents itself as an interaction control harness for customer facing AI agents. It lives in the open source large language model ecosystem, with topic tags for ai agents, llm, openai, gemini, llama3, genai, python, customer service, customer success, and ai alignment. The README describes a server based Python SDK for creating agents, observations, and guidelines.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Godot or parlant more popular?
Godot has 117,369 GitHub stars and parlant has 18,290. Godot has the larger community by that measure.
Are Godot and parlant free?
Both are open source. Godot is licensed under MIT and parlant under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Godot and parlant?
Godot is written in C++ and parlant in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Godot or parlant?
Choose Godot if you want the larger community (117,369 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose parlant if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.