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huginn vs BugPin
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars, 4,339 forks, 698 open issues and last shipped yesterday. BugPin has 48 stars, 16 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped yesterday. huginn leads on adoption by 104,627% (50,269 vs 48 stars). huginn is written in Ruby under MIT; BugPin is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. huginn has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, BugPin 33%. 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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| huginn | BugPin | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 48 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Ruby | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.3K | ⑂ 16 |
| 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 BugPin if
- You want the BugPin feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and BugPin 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 BugPin
The self hosted, open source visual bug reporting tool. Capture screenshots, annotate issues, and track bugs from your web applications. Admin Console Manage projects and triage reports. Light and dark mode out of the box. Light Mode Dark Mode Widget Capture screenshots and annotate issues from any page on your site. Embeds with a single script tag. Works with React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, or vanilla JS Shadow DOM isolation: widget styles never leak into your site, and your CSS never bleeds into the widget Offline safe: reports are cached locally and synced when the connection returns Annotation tools: pen…
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Frequently asked questions
Is huginn or BugPin more popular?
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars and BugPin has 48. huginn has the larger community by that measure.
Are huginn and BugPin free?
Both are open source. huginn is licensed under MIT and BugPin under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between huginn and BugPin?
huginn is written in Ruby and BugPin in TypeScript. 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 BugPin?
Choose huginn if you want the larger community (50,269 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose BugPin if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.