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xxl-job vs Inngest
xxl-job has 30,566 GitHub stars, 11,490 forks, 79 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. Inngest has 5,853 stars, 358 forks, 234 open issues and last shipped yesterday. xxl-job leads on adoption by 422% (30,566 vs 5,853 stars). xxl-job is written in Java under GPL-3.0; Inngest is written in Go under a custom or non-standard licence. xxl-job has attracted 38% as many forks as stars, Inngest 6%. Inngest 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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| xxl-job | Inngest | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 31K | ★ 5.9K |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | Java | Go |
| Last push | 2026-07-21 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 358 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick xxl-job if
- You weight community size — 31K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Inngest if
- You want the Inngest feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Inngest fits your workflow better
About xxl-job
XXL JOB is a distributed task scheduling framework written in Java and released under the GPL 3.0 licence, built for teams that need scheduled jobs to run reliably across a cluster of machines rather than inside a single application process.
read the full xxl-job overview →
About Inngest
Inngest is an open source workflow orchestration platform that lets developers write durable, event driven step functions in their existing language SDKs and run them on serverless, long running servers, or the edge.
read the full Inngest overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is xxl-job or Inngest more popular?
xxl-job has 30,566 GitHub stars and Inngest has 5,853. xxl-job has the larger community by that measure.
Are xxl-job and Inngest free?
Both are open source. xxl-job is licensed under GPL-3.0, and Inngest has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between xxl-job and Inngest?
xxl-job is written in Java and Inngest in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, xxl-job or Inngest?
Choose xxl-job if you want the larger community (30,566 stars) or its GPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Inngest if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.