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huginn vs debug
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars, 4,339 forks, 698 open issues and last shipped yesterday. debug has 11,456 stars, 997 forks, 96 open issues and last shipped 20 days ago. huginn leads on adoption by 339% (50,269 vs 11,456 stars). huginn is written in Ruby under MIT; debug is written in JavaScript under MIT. huginn has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, debug 9%. 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 | debug | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 11K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Ruby | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.3K | ⑂ 997 |
| 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 debug if
- You want the debug feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and debug 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 debug
debug A tiny JavaScript debugging utility modelled after Node.js core's debugging technique. Works in Node.js and web browsers. Installation Usage debug exposes a function; simply pass this function the name of your module, and it will return a decorated version of console.error for you to pass debug statements to. This will allow you to toggle the debug output for different parts of your module as well as the module as a whole. Example app.js : Example worker.js : The DEBUG environment variable is then used to enable these based on space or comma delimited names. Here are some examples: Windows command prompt…
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Frequently asked questions
Is huginn or debug more popular?
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars and debug has 11,456. huginn has the larger community by that measure.
Are huginn and debug free?
Both are open source. huginn is licensed under MIT and debug under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between huginn and debug?
huginn is written in Ruby and debug in JavaScript. 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 debug?
Choose huginn if you want the larger community (50,269 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose debug if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.