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Nango vs Jitsu
Nango has 13,089 GitHub stars, 1,499 forks, 131 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Jitsu has 5,125 stars, 405 forks, 43 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Nango leads on adoption by 155% (13,089 vs 5,125 stars). Nango is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; Jitsu is written in TypeScript under MIT. Nango has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, Jitsu 8%. Jitsu 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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| Nango | Jitsu | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 13K | ★ 5.1K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.5K | ⑂ 405 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Nango if
- You weight community size — 13K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Jitsu if
- You want the Jitsu feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Jitsu fits your workflow better
About Nango
Build product integrations with AI. Connect your product & AI agents with 900+ APIs. Build, run, and maintain integrations with AI in code, on infrastructure built for scale. Website · Docs · 900+ APIs · Slack Community What is Nango? Nango is an open source platform for building product integrations. It supports 900+ APIs and works with any backend language, AI coding tool, and agent SDK. You write integration logic as TypeScript functions, or let AI generate them for you, and deploy to Nango's production runtime. Nango handles auth, execution, scaling, and observability. Used in production by Replit, Ramp…
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About Jitsu
Open source event data platform. An alternative to Segment. Website · Docs · MCP Server · Jitsu Cloud · Self hosting · Slack · MIT License What is Jitsu? Jitsu collects event data from your websites, apps and servers, and delivers it to your data warehouse and to whatever other tools you use. It covers the same ground as Segment, but it's MIT licensed and self hostable, so the whole pipeline can run inside your own infrastructure — or on Jitsu Cloud, same software, hosted. Data lands in minutes, not hours: Segment loads warehouses once or twice a day (hourly at best), while Jitsu delivers per destination in…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Nango or Jitsu more popular?
Nango has 13,089 GitHub stars and Jitsu has 5,125. Nango has the larger community by that measure.
Are Nango and Jitsu free?
Both are open source. Nango has no licence declared in this registry, and Jitsu is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Nango and Jitsu?
Nango is written in TypeScript and Jitsu 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, Nango or Jitsu?
Choose Nango if you want the larger community (13,089 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Jitsu if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.