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Ladybird vs Recorder
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars, 3,194 forks, 535 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Recorder has 5,643 stars, 1,095 forks, 136 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Ladybird leads on adoption by 1,084% (66,807 vs 5,643 stars). Ladybird is written in C++ under BSD-2-Clause; Recorder is written in JavaScript under MIT. Ladybird has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, Recorder 19%. 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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Side by side
| Ladybird | Recorder | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 67K | ★ 5.6K |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT |
| Written in | C++ | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-07-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 1.1K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Ladybird if
- You weight community size — 67K 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 Recorder if
- You want the Recorder feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and Recorder fits your workflow better
About Ladybird
Ladybird Ladybird is a truly independent web browser, using a novel engine based on web standards. [!IMPORTANT] Ladybird is in a pre alpha state, and only suitable for use by developers Features We aim to build a complete, usable browser for the modern web. Ladybird uses a multi process architecture with a main UI process, several WebContent renderer processes, an ImageDecoder process, and a RequestServer process. Image decoding and network connections are done out of process to be more robust against malicious content. Each tab has its own renderer process, which is sandboxed from the rest of the system. At the…
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About Recorder
【源GitHub仓库】 【Gitee镜像库】本文档中默认使用github.io部署的链接，如果无法访问，请直接下载仓库源码到本地然后双击打开html文件访问。 :open book:Recorder用于html5录音 支持在大部分已实现 getUserMedia 的移动端、PC端浏览器麦克风录音、实时处理，主要包括：Chrome、Firefox、Safari、iOS 14.3+、Android WebView、腾讯Android X5内核(QQ、微信、小程序WebView)、Electron、大部分2021年后更新的Android手机自带浏览器、2024年后更新的Android版UC内核(UC、支付宝、钉钉)；不支持： 老旧国产手机自带浏览器、老旧iOS(11.0 14.2)上除Safari外的其他任何形式的浏览器 。 支持在非浏览器环境中使用部分功能（如nodejs、各种使用js来构建的程序），使用RecordApp可在微信小程序、uni app中直接录音。 支持对任意 MediaStream 进行音频录制、实时处理，包括： getUserMedia返回的流 、 WebRTC中的remote流 、 audio、video标签的captureStream方法返回的流 、 自己创建的流 等等。
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ladybird or Recorder more popular?
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars and Recorder has 5,643. Ladybird has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ladybird and Recorder free?
Both are open source. Ladybird is licensed under BSD-2-Clause and Recorder under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ladybird and Recorder?
Ladybird is written in C++ and Recorder in JavaScript. 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 Recorder?
Choose Ladybird if you want the larger community (66,807 stars) or its BSD-2-Clause licence terms. Choose Recorder if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.