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kun-galgame-forum vs jivejdon
kun-galgame-forum has 2,220 GitHub stars, 80 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. jivejdon has 584 stars, 160 forks, 5 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. kun-galgame-forum leads on adoption by 280% (2,220 vs 584 stars). kun-galgame-forum is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; jivejdon is written in Java under Apache-2.0. kun-galgame-forum has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, jivejdon 27%. kun-galgame-forum was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (forum), 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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| kun-galgame-forum | jivejdon | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 2.2K | ★ 584 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | Java |
| Last push | 2026-11-03 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 80 | ⑂ 160 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick kun-galgame-forum if
- You weight community size — 2.2K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick jivejdon if
- You want the jivejdon feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and jivejdon fits your workflow better
About kun-galgame-forum
English 日本語 简体中文 繁體中文 Contact us: Telegram Discord The image is sourced from the game Ark Order and features the character KUN (鲲). AI assisted development: Since version 5.1.0 , this project has used LLM assisted development tools, including Codex and Claude Code. All code through version 5.0.70 was written entirely by hand. The last fully hand written revision is v5.0.70 (commit b4ad59e). 鲲 Galgame 论坛 (KUN Galgame Forum) Website Introduction 鲲 Galgame is a community of people who love visual novels and Galgames. Its public sites include: 鲲 Galgame 论坛 (this project) 鲲 Galgame 表情包 鲲 Galgame 开发文档 鲲 Galgame 导航 鲲…
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About jivejdon
Jivejdon Jivejdon is a chain notebook or chain blog, knowledge graph and knowledge system with DDD + DomainEvents/Event Soucing/CQRS + clean architecture/Hexagonalarchitecture, powered by jdonframework. Features When posting, it provides the function of interlinking posts around keywords/topics, organizing posts together in the form of links. these posts are presented to human readers in a time sequence and to AI readers in a knowledge graph like a theme garden. It is suitable for enterprises to manage their internal knowledge systems, and when combined with intelligent agents, it can serve as the enterprise's…
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Frequently asked questions
Is kun-galgame-forum or jivejdon more popular?
kun-galgame-forum has 2,220 GitHub stars and jivejdon has 584. kun-galgame-forum has the larger community by that measure.
Are kun-galgame-forum and jivejdon free?
Both are open source. kun-galgame-forum is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and jivejdon under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between kun-galgame-forum and jivejdon?
kun-galgame-forum is written in Go and jivejdon in Java. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, kun-galgame-forum or jivejdon?
Choose kun-galgame-forum if you want the larger community (2,220 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose jivejdon if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.