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homeland vs nimforum
homeland has 3,859 GitHub stars, 1,176 forks, 27 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. nimforum has 786 stars, 71 forks, 129 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. homeland leads on adoption by 391% (3,859 vs 786 stars). homeland is written in Ruby under MIT; nimforum is written in Nim under MIT. homeland has attracted 30% as many forks as stars, nimforum 9%. homeland 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 | nimforum | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 3.9K | ★ 786 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Ruby | Nim |
| Last push | 2026-08-08 | 2026-07-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.2K | ⑂ 71 |
| 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 nimforum if
- You want the nimforum feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Nim
- You evaluated both and nimforum 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 nimforum
nimforum NimForum is a light weight forum implementation with many similarities to Discourse. It is implemented in the Nim programming language and uses SQLite for its database. Examples in the wild forum.nim lang.org Features Efficient, type safe and clean single page application developed using the Karax and Jester frameworks. Utilizes SQLite making set up much easier. Endlessly customizable using SASS. Spam blocking via new user sandboxing with great tools for moderators. reStructuredText enriched by Markdown to make formatting your posts a breeze. Search powered by SQLite's full text search. Context aware…
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Frequently asked questions
Is homeland or nimforum more popular?
homeland has 3,859 GitHub stars and nimforum has 786. homeland has the larger community by that measure.
Are homeland and nimforum free?
Both are open source. homeland is licensed under MIT and nimforum under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between homeland and nimforum?
homeland is written in Ruby and nimforum in Nim. 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 nimforum?
Choose homeland if you want the larger community (3,859 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose nimforum if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.