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Ladybird vs remirror
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars, 3,194 forks, 535 open issues and last shipped yesterday. remirror has 3,029 stars, 264 forks, 208 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. Ladybird leads on adoption by 2,106% (66,807 vs 3,029 stars). Ladybird is written in C++ under BSD-2-Clause; remirror is written in TypeScript under MIT. Ladybird has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, remirror 9%. 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 | remirror | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 67K | ★ 3.0K |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT |
| Written in | C++ | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-26 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 264 |
| 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 remirror if
- You want the remirror feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and remirror 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 remirror
A React toolkit for building cross platform text editors, based on ProseMirror . [!IMPORTANT] remirror is in maintenance mode and is not recommended for new projects. It stays stable and we will keep fixing critical bugs, but active development has moved on. For new projects, please use ProseKit instead: a framework agnostic editor toolkit built on the same ProseMirror foundation. See the migration guide to move an existing editor over. Motivation · Documentation · Storybook · Contributing Introduction With this code snippet your editor now supports basic editing functionality. Alternatively, take a look at our…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ladybird or remirror more popular?
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars and remirror has 3,029. Ladybird has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ladybird and remirror free?
Both are open source. Ladybird is licensed under BSD-2-Clause and remirror under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ladybird and remirror?
Ladybird is written in C++ and remirror 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 remirror?
Choose Ladybird if you want the larger community (66,807 stars) or its BSD-2-Clause licence terms. Choose remirror if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.