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Jitsu vs Orbital
Jitsu has 5,125 GitHub stars, 405 forks, 43 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Orbital has 361 stars, 14 forks, 14 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. Jitsu leads on adoption by 1,320% (5,125 vs 361 stars). Jitsu is written in TypeScript under MIT; Orbital is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Jitsu has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, Orbital 4%. 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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| Jitsu | Orbital | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 5.1K | ★ 361 |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-06-25 |
| Forks | ⑂ 405 | ⑂ 14 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Jitsu if
- You weight community size — 5.1K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Orbital if
- You want the Orbital feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Orbital fits your workflow better
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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About Orbital
Website • Docs • Blog Get in touch Orbital automates integration between your data sources. It's decentralized by nature there's no central mapping code defined. Instead, Orbital is powered by the API specs you're already building. Orbital creates integration on the fly, without engineers having to write glue code. Get started right now, by spinning up Orbital on your machine. Grab the docker compose.yml at Note that some of Orbital's test features leverage platform specific docker features. So, either visit the above in a browser and download the file (we'll work out the correct one to serve you), or... curl H…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Jitsu or Orbital more popular?
Jitsu has 5,125 GitHub stars and Orbital has 361. Jitsu has the larger community by that measure.
Are Jitsu and Orbital free?
Both are open source. Jitsu is licensed under MIT, and Orbital has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Jitsu and Orbital?
Jitsu is written in TypeScript and Orbital 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, Jitsu or Orbital?
Choose Jitsu if you want the larger community (5,125 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Orbital if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.