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huginn vs aspire-samples
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars, 4,339 forks, 698 open issues and last shipped yesterday. aspire-samples has 1,201 stars, 347 forks, 112 open issues and last shipped yesterday. huginn leads on adoption by 4,086% (50,269 vs 1,201 stars). huginn is written in Ruby under MIT; aspire-samples is written in C# under MIT. huginn has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, aspire-samples 29%. huginn 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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Side by side
| huginn | aspire-samples | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 1.2K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Ruby | C# |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.3K | ⑂ 347 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick huginn if
- You weight community size — 50K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick aspire-samples if
- You want the aspire-samples feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and aspire-samples fits your workflow better
About huginn
What is Huginn? Huginn is a system for building agents that perform automated tasks for you online. They can read the web, watch for events, and take actions on your behalf. Huginn's Agents create and consume events, propagating them along a directed graph. Think of it as a hackable version of IFTTT or Zapier on your own server. You always know who has your data. You do. Here are some of the things that you can do with Huginn: Track the weather and get an email when it's going to rain (or snow) tomorrow ("Don't forget your umbrella!") List terms that you care about and receive email when their occurrence on…
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About aspire-samples
Aspire Samples Samples for Aspire. Aspire is a developer first toolset that streamlines integrating front ends, APIs, containers, and databases with your apps. Learn more about Aspire here. Browse by scenario Full stack JavaScript / TypeScript Polyglot full stack Backend integrations by language Cloud / AI / event driven .NET + frontend and platform Full stack JavaScript / TypeScript Polyglot full stack Backend integrations by language Cloud / AI / event driven .NET + frontend and platform eShop eShop is a reference application implementing an eCommerce web site on a services based architecture using Aspire…
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Frequently asked questions
Is huginn or aspire-samples more popular?
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars and aspire-samples has 1,201. huginn has the larger community by that measure.
Are huginn and aspire-samples free?
Both are open source. huginn is licensed under MIT and aspire-samples under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between huginn and aspire-samples?
huginn is written in Ruby and aspire-samples 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, huginn or aspire-samples?
Choose huginn if you want the larger community (50,269 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose aspire-samples if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.