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Ladybird vs artillery
Ladybird has 66,240 GitHub stars, 3,162 forks, 535 open issues and last shipped today. artillery has 9,080 stars, 565 forks, 487 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Ladybird leads on adoption by 630% (66,240 vs 9,080 stars). Ladybird is written in C++ under BSD-2-Clause; artillery is written in TypeScript under MPL-2.0. Ladybird has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, artillery 6%. Ladybird was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (browser), 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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| Ladybird | artillery | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 66K | ★ 9.1K |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MPL-2.0 |
| Written in | C++ | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 565 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Ladybird if
- You weight community size — 66K stars and counting
- You want the BSD-2-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick artillery if
- You want the artillery feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and artillery fits your workflow better
About Ladybird
Ladybird is a truly independent web browser and browser engine, written from scratch in C++ rather than as a fork of any existing engine, and it is built for developers who want to work on a browser engine based on web standards while it remains in a pre alpha state.
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About artillery
Artillery is an open source, TypeScript load testing platform that runs production grade load and browser tests from a laptop or from serverless infrastructure, and it is built for developers, QA engineers, and platform teams who need to exercise HTTP APIs, GraphQL, WebSocket, Socket.io, gRPC, and Kinesis services at cloud scale.
read the full artillery overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ladybird or artillery more popular?
Ladybird has 66,240 GitHub stars and artillery has 9,080. Ladybird has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ladybird and artillery free?
Both are open source. Ladybird is licensed under BSD-2-Clause and artillery under MPL-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ladybird and artillery?
Ladybird is written in C++ and artillery 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, Ladybird or artillery?
Choose Ladybird if you want the larger community (66,240 stars) or its BSD-2-Clause licence terms. Choose artillery if its feature set, stack or MPL-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.