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homeland vs jivejdon
homeland has 3,859 GitHub stars, 1,176 forks, 27 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. jivejdon has 584 stars, 160 forks, 5 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. homeland leads on adoption by 561% (3,859 vs 584 stars). homeland is written in Ruby under MIT; jivejdon is written in Java under Apache-2.0. homeland has attracted 30% as many forks as stars, jivejdon 27%. jivejdon was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (forum), 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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| homeland | jivejdon | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 3.9K | ★ 584 |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Ruby | Java |
| Last push | 2026-08-08 | 2026-10-31 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.2K | ⑂ 160 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick homeland if
- You weight community size — 3.9K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick jivejdon if
- You want the jivejdon feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and jivejdon fits your workflow better
About homeland
Open source discussion website. 开源的论坛／社区网站系统，基于 Ruby China 发展而来。 Usage DEPLOYMENT GUIDE EXAMPLE RELEASE NOTES CONTRIBUTE GUIDE License Released under the MIT license: www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT
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About jivejdon
Jivejdon Jivejdon is a chain notebook or chain blog, knowledge graph and knowledge system with DDD + DomainEvents/Event Soucing/CQRS + clean architecture/Hexagonalarchitecture, powered by jdonframework. Features When posting, it provides the function of interlinking posts around keywords/topics, organizing posts together in the form of links. these posts are presented to human readers in a time sequence and to AI readers in a knowledge graph like a theme garden. It is suitable for enterprises to manage their internal knowledge systems, and when combined with intelligent agents, it can serve as the enterprise's…
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Frequently asked questions
Is homeland or jivejdon more popular?
homeland has 3,859 GitHub stars and jivejdon has 584. homeland has the larger community by that measure.
Are homeland and jivejdon free?
Both are open source. homeland is licensed under MIT and jivejdon under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between homeland and jivejdon?
homeland is written in Ruby and jivejdon in Java. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, homeland or jivejdon?
Choose homeland if you want the larger community (3,859 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose jivejdon if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.