head to head · open source
grocy vs bomber
grocy has 9,642 GitHub stars, 828 forks, 135 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. bomber has 629 stars, 58 forks, 29 open issues and last shipped 9 months ago. grocy leads on adoption by 1,433% (9,642 vs 629 stars). grocy is written in Blade under MIT; bomber is written in Go under MPL-2.0. grocy has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, bomber 9%. grocy 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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| grocy | bomber | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 9.6K | ★ 629 |
| License | MIT | MPL-2.0 |
| Written in | Blade | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-16 | 2026-02-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 828 | ⑂ 58 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick grocy if
- You weight community size — 9.6K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Blade
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick bomber if
- You want the bomber feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and bomber fits your workflow better
About grocy
ERP beyond your fridge Grocy is a web based self hosted groceries & household management solution for your home This is a hobby project by Bernd Bestel Give it a try Public demo of the latest stable version ( release branch) → Public demo of the current development version ( master branch) → Features See the website. → Questions / Help / Bug Reports / Feature Requests General help and usage questions → r/grocy on Reddit Bug Reports and Feature Requests → Issue Tracker Please don't send me private messages or call me regarding anything Grocy. I check the issue tracker and the subreddit…
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About bomber
bomber is an application that scans SBOMs for security vulnerabilities. Overview So you've asked a vendor for an Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for one of their closed source products, and they provided one to you in a JSON file... now what? The first thing you're going to want to do is see if any of the components listed inside the SBOM have security vulnerabilities, and what kind of licenses these components have. This will help you identify what kind of risk you will be taking on by using the product. Finding security vulnerabilities and license information for components identified in a SBOM is exactly…
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Frequently asked questions
Is grocy or bomber more popular?
grocy has 9,642 GitHub stars and bomber has 629. grocy has the larger community by that measure.
Are grocy and bomber free?
Both are open source. grocy is licensed under MIT and bomber under MPL-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between grocy and bomber?
grocy is written in Blade and bomber 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, grocy or bomber?
Choose grocy if you want the larger community (9,642 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose bomber if its feature set, stack or MPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.