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gofr vs Keep
gofr has 20,916 GitHub stars, 1,759 forks, 132 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Keep has 12,331 stars, 1,508 forks, 609 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. gofr leads on adoption by 70% (20,916 vs 12,331 stars). gofr is written in Go under Apache-2.0; Keep is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence. gofr has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, Keep 12%. gofr 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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| gofr | Keep | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 12K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | Go | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.8K | ⑂ 1.5K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick gofr if
- You weight community size — 21K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Keep if
- You want the Keep feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and Keep fits your workflow better
About gofr
GoFr is an opinionated Go framework for building microservices, aimed at Go developers and platform teams who want HTTP, gRPC, data access and observability built in rather than assembled from separate libraries.
About Keep
Keep is the open source AIOps and alert management platform: a Python based single pane of glass that unifies alerts and incidents, deduplicates and enriches them, and automates response through declarative YAML workflows, aimed at the SRE, platform and on call teams that operate many monitoring tools at once.
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Frequently asked questions
Is gofr or Keep more popular?
gofr has 20,916 GitHub stars and Keep has 12,331. gofr has the larger community by that measure.
Are gofr and Keep free?
Both are open source. gofr is licensed under Apache-2.0, and Keep has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between gofr and Keep?
gofr is written in Go and Keep 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, gofr or Keep?
Choose gofr if you want the larger community (20,916 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose Keep if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.