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huginn vs g3log
huginn has 49,969 GitHub stars, 4,299 forks, 698 open issues and last shipped yesterday. g3log has 964 stars, 280 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped 15 days ago. huginn leads on adoption by 5,084% (49,969 vs 964 stars). huginn is written in Ruby under MIT; g3log is written in C++ under Unlicense. huginn has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, g3log 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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| huginn | g3log | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 964 |
| License | MIT | Unlicense |
| Written in | Ruby | C++ |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-04 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.3K | ⑂ 280 |
| 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 g3log if
- You want the g3log feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Unlicense license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You evaluated both and g3log fits your workflow better
About huginn
Huginn is an open source system for building agents that perform automated tasks online, written in Ruby and released under the MIT license. Its agents read the web, watch for events, and take actions on the user's behalf. Internally, agents create and consume events that propagate along a directed graph, which means one agent's output becomes another agent's input and a chain of small steps can be composed into a larger workflow. The project lives in the Ruby ecosystem and is distributed as an official Docker image or installed locally from a forked repository.
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About g3log
G3log is an asynchronous, crash safe C++ logging library for OSX, Windows, and several Linux distributions, aimed at C++ developers building critical task systems that must not lose log records when a process dies.
read the full g3log overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is huginn or g3log more popular?
huginn has 49,969 GitHub stars and g3log has 964. huginn has the larger community by that measure.
Are huginn and g3log free?
Both are open source. huginn is licensed under MIT and g3log under Unlicense. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between huginn and g3log?
huginn is written in Ruby and g3log 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 g3log?
Choose huginn if you want the larger community (49,969 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose g3log if its feature set, stack or Unlicense licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.