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Hoppscotch vs Krakend
Hoppscotch has 80,331 GitHub stars, 6,110 forks, 820 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Krakend has 2,682 stars, 501 forks, 37 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Hoppscotch leads on adoption by 2,895% (80,331 vs 2,682 stars). Hoppscotch is written in TypeScript under MIT; Krakend is written in Go under Apache-2.0. Hoppscotch has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, Krakend 19%. Hoppscotch was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (graphql), 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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| Hoppscotch | Krakend | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 80K | ★ 2.7K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.1K | ⑂ 501 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Hoppscotch if
- You weight community size — 80K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Krakend if
- You want the Krakend feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Krakend fits your workflow better
About Hoppscotch
Hoppscotch is an open source API development ecosystem that provides a full featured client for designing, testing, and documenting APIs. It operates as a web based application, desktop app, and CLI tool, supporting offline, on premises, and cloud deployments. Built with TypeScript and licensed under MIT, it serves as a direct open source alternative to proprietary tools like Postman and Insomnia.
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About Krakend
KrakenD Community Edition is the open source distribution of the KrakenD API Gateway, a high performance, stateless, declarative gateway written in Go and released under the Apache 2.0 license. It lives in the cloud native developer tooling ecosystem, alongside Kubernetes, Docker, and Go based backend services, and it is catalogued here under Developer Tools / API Development & Testing. The project is extensible and platform agnostic, and it runs both in cloud native environments and on self hosted on premises infrastructure.
read the full Krakend overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Hoppscotch or Krakend more popular?
Hoppscotch has 80,331 GitHub stars and Krakend has 2,682. Hoppscotch has the larger community by that measure.
Are Hoppscotch and Krakend free?
Both are open source. Hoppscotch is licensed under MIT and Krakend under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Hoppscotch and Krakend?
Hoppscotch is written in TypeScript and Krakend in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Hoppscotch or Krakend?
Choose Hoppscotch if you want the larger community (80,331 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Krakend if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.