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Ladybird vs Thorium-Win
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars, 3,194 forks, 535 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Thorium-Win has 2,562 stars, 55 forks, 25 open issues and last shipped 23 days ago. Ladybird leads on adoption by 2,508% (66,807 vs 2,562 stars). Ladybird is written in C++ under BSD-2-Clause; Thorium-Win is written in Batchfile under BSD-3-Clause. Ladybird has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, Thorium-Win 2%. Ladybird 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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Side by side
| Ladybird | Thorium-Win | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 67K | ★ 2.6K |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | C++ | Batchfile |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 55 |
| 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 Thorium-Win if
- You want the Thorium-Win feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches Batchfile
- You evaluated both and Thorium-Win 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 Thorium-Win
Thorium for Windows Repo to serve Windows builds of Thorium! \ IMPORTANT: PLEASE USE THE NEW WINDOWS 7/8 REPO HERE FOR WINDOWS 7/8/8.1 RELEASES \ NEW: AVX2 Builds are now being served at This repo only hosts Windows builds. The other Thorium repos : Main repo that hosts the source code for all platforms and serves linux builds Windows AVX2 repo that serves AVX2 Windows builds MacOS builds for x64 and M1 ARM64 are here \ Android builds for ARM32 and ARM64 are here \ Raspberry Pi (ARM64) builds are here \ Builds for Windows 7/8/8.1 are here \ Windows on ARM (arm64) builds are here \ Special repo which serves…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ladybird or Thorium-Win more popular?
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars and Thorium-Win has 2,562. Ladybird has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ladybird and Thorium-Win free?
Both are open source. Ladybird is licensed under BSD-2-Clause and Thorium-Win under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ladybird and Thorium-Win?
Ladybird is written in C++ and Thorium-Win in Batchfile. 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 Thorium-Win?
Choose Ladybird if you want the larger community (66,807 stars) or its BSD-2-Clause licence terms. Choose Thorium-Win if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.