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homeland vs Nameless
homeland has 3,859 GitHub stars, 1,176 forks, 27 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Nameless has 656 stars, 316 forks, 149 open issues and last shipped 15 days ago. homeland leads on adoption by 488% (3,859 vs 656 stars). homeland is written in Ruby under MIT; Nameless is written in PHP under MIT. homeland has attracted 30% as many forks as stars, Nameless 48%. Nameless 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 | Nameless | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 3.9K | ★ 656 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Ruby | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-08-08 | 2026-09-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.2K | ⑂ 316 |
| 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 Nameless if
- You want the Nameless feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Nameless fits your workflow better
About homeland
Homeland is an open source forum and community system written in Ruby and built on Ruby on Rails. It is described as an open source discussion website, and its tagline says that it was developed based on Ruby China. That places it in the community platform category, where the main purpose is to operate a discussion website.
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About Nameless
NamelessMC is free, open source website software for Minecraft servers, distributed under the MIT license and written in PHP. It lives in the Minecraft server ecosystem as a self hosted content management system, with MySQL as its database and a companion in game plugin that connects the website to a running server. The project is eleven years old, carries roughly 655 stars and 316 forks on GitHub, and is developed under the NamelessMC organisation with a public documentation site at namelessmc.com.
read the full Nameless overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is homeland or Nameless more popular?
homeland has 3,859 GitHub stars and Nameless has 656. homeland has the larger community by that measure.
Are homeland and Nameless free?
Both are open source. homeland is licensed under MIT and Nameless under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between homeland and Nameless?
homeland is written in Ruby and Nameless 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, homeland or Nameless?
Choose homeland if you want the larger community (3,859 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Nameless if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.