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grocy vs totum-mit
grocy has 9,510 GitHub stars, 806 forks, 135 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. totum-mit has 981 stars, 57 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. grocy leads on adoption by 869% (9,510 vs 981 stars). grocy is written in Blade under MIT; totum-mit is written in PHP under MIT. grocy has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, totum-mit 6%. grocy was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (erp, php), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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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Side by side
| grocy | totum-mit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 9.5K | ★ 981 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Blade | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-16 | 2026-05-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 806 | ⑂ 57 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick grocy if
- You weight community size — 9.5K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Blade
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick totum-mit if
- You want the totum-mit feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and totum-mit fits your workflow better
About grocy
Grocy is a self hosted, web based groceries and household management application — "ERP beyond your fridge" — for people who want to track pantry stock, shopping and meal planning on hardware they control.
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About totum-mit
Totum MIT is a free, MIT licensed, self hosted database application platform written in PHP and built on PostgreSQL, which lets non programmers assemble internal business tools such as CRM, ERP, order management, and accounting by writing a few lines of its own small code language, totum code , instead of SQL or hand built application code.
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Frequently asked questions
Is grocy or totum-mit more popular?
grocy has 9,510 GitHub stars and totum-mit has 981. grocy has the larger community by that measure.
Are grocy and totum-mit free?
Both are open source. grocy is licensed under MIT and totum-mit under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between grocy and totum-mit?
grocy is written in Blade and totum-mit in PHP. 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 totum-mit?
Choose grocy if you want the larger community (9,510 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose totum-mit if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.