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huginn vs Highlight
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars, 4,339 forks, 698 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Highlight has 9,385 stars, 704 forks, 553 open issues and last shipped 11 days ago. huginn leads on adoption by 436% (50,269 vs 9,385 stars). huginn is written in Ruby under MIT; Highlight is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. huginn has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, Highlight 8%. huginn 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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Side by side
| huginn | Highlight | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 50K | ★ 9.4K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | Ruby | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-23 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.3K | ⑂ 704 |
| 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 Highlight if
- You want the Highlight feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Highlight 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 Highlight
Docs Community (Support & Feedback) Feature request Bug report highlight.io: The open source, fullstack monitoring platform. highlight.io is a monitoring tool for the next generation of developers (like you!). Unlike the age old, outdated tools out there, we aim to build a cohesive, modern and fully featured monitoring solution, something we wished WE had. And it's all open source :) At a high level, highlight.io's feature set is: Session Replay Error Monitoring Logging We strive to make highlight.io as easy to install as a few lines of code in any environment. Read more about our features, values and mission…
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Frequently asked questions
Is huginn or Highlight more popular?
huginn has 50,269 GitHub stars and Highlight has 9,385. huginn has the larger community by that measure.
Are huginn and Highlight free?
Both are open source. huginn is licensed under MIT, and Highlight has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between huginn and Highlight?
huginn is written in Ruby and Highlight 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 Highlight?
Choose huginn if you want the larger community (50,269 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Highlight if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.