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Ladybird vs tus-js-client
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars, 3,194 forks, 535 open issues and last shipped yesterday. tus-js-client has 2,635 stars, 338 forks, 77 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. Ladybird leads on adoption by 2,435% (66,807 vs 2,635 stars). Ladybird is written in C++ under BSD-2-Clause; tus-js-client is written in JavaScript under MIT. Ladybird has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, tus-js-client 13%. 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 | tus-js-client | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 67K | ★ 2.6K |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT |
| Written in | C++ | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 338 |
| 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 tus-js-client if
- You want the tus-js-client feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and tus-js-client 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 tus-js-client
tus js client tus is a protocol based on HTTP for resumable file uploads . Resumable means that an upload can be interrupted at any moment and can be resumed without re uploading the previous data again. An interruption may happen willingly, if the user wants to pause, or by accident in case of an network issue or server outage. tus js client is a pure JavaScript client for the tus resumable upload protocol and can be used inside browsers , Node.js , React Native and Apache Cordova applications. Protocol version: 1.0.0 This branch contains tus js client v4. If you are looking for the previous major release…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ladybird or tus-js-client more popular?
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars and tus-js-client has 2,635. Ladybird has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ladybird and tus-js-client free?
Both are open source. Ladybird is licensed under BSD-2-Clause and tus-js-client under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ladybird and tus-js-client?
Ladybird is written in C++ and tus-js-client 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 tus-js-client?
Choose Ladybird if you want the larger community (66,807 stars) or its BSD-2-Clause licence terms. Choose tus-js-client if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.