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homeland vs Valour
homeland has 3,859 GitHub stars, 1,176 forks, 27 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Valour has 397 stars, 39 forks, 88 open issues and last shipped 9 days ago. homeland leads on adoption by 872% (3,859 vs 397 stars). homeland is written in Ruby under MIT; Valour is written in C# under AGPL-3.0. homeland has attracted 30% as many forks as stars, Valour 10%. Valour 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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| homeland | Valour | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 3.9K | ★ 397 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Ruby | C# |
| Last push | 2026-08-08 | 2026-09-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.2K | ⑂ 39 |
| 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 Valour if
- You want the Valour feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and Valour 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 Valour
Valour is an open source community platform written in C and .NET with a Blazor client, licensed AGPL 3.0, intended for people who want to run or join social communities — called planets — on infrastructure they control rather than on a vendor's servers.
read the full Valour overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is homeland or Valour more popular?
homeland has 3,859 GitHub stars and Valour has 397. homeland has the larger community by that measure.
Are homeland and Valour free?
Both are open source. homeland is licensed under MIT and Valour under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between homeland and Valour?
homeland is written in Ruby and Valour in C#. 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 Valour?
Choose homeland if you want the larger community (3,859 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Valour if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.