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huginn vs django-silk
huginn has 50,083 GitHub stars, 4,309 forks, 698 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. django-silk has 4,996 stars, 378 forks, 130 open issues and last shipped yesterday. huginn leads on adoption by 902% (50,083 vs 4,996 stars). huginn is written in Ruby under MIT; django-silk is written in Python under MIT. huginn has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, django-silk 8%. django-silk was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (monitoring), 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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| huginn | django-silk | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 5.0K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Ruby | Python |
| Last push | 2026-10-18 | 2026-10-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.3K | ⑂ 378 |
| 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 django-silk if
- You want the django-silk feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and django-silk 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 django-silk
Silk Silk is a live profiling and inspection tool for the Django framework. Silk intercepts and stores HTTP requests and database queries before presenting them in a user interface for further inspection: Contents Requirements Installation Features Configuration Authentication/Authorisation Request/Response bodies Meta Profiling Recording a fraction of requests Ignoring specific paths Limiting request/response data Clearing logged data Contributing Development Environment Requirements Silk has been tested with: Django: 5.2, 6.0, 6.1 Python: 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15 Installation Via pip into a…
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Frequently asked questions
Is huginn or django-silk more popular?
huginn has 50,083 GitHub stars and django-silk has 4,996. huginn has the larger community by that measure.
Are huginn and django-silk free?
Both are open source. huginn is licensed under MIT and django-silk under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between huginn and django-silk?
huginn is written in Ruby and django-silk in Python. 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 django-silk?
Choose huginn if you want the larger community (50,083 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose django-silk if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.