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Ladybird vs VideoTogether
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars, 3,194 forks, 535 open issues and last shipped yesterday. VideoTogether has 1,794 stars, 123 forks, 18 open issues and last shipped 9 months ago. Ladybird leads on adoption by 3,624% (66,807 vs 1,794 stars). Ladybird is written in C++ under BSD-2-Clause; VideoTogether is written in JavaScript under MIT. Ladybird has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, VideoTogether 7%. 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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| Ladybird | VideoTogether | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 67K | ★ 1.8K |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT |
| Written in | C++ | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-02-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.2K | ⑂ 123 |
| 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 VideoTogether if
- You want the VideoTogether feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and VideoTogether 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 VideoTogether
VideoTogether VideoTogether is a browser extension that syncs video playback with friends in real time on Chrome, Edge, and Safari. Visit for more information [ English ] [中文 ] Installation Please visit our website for installation guide Development Extension The core code is main/source/extension/vt.js We use a very simple compile script script/build extension.py to build run python script/build extension.py to build, the output directory is ./release Service service code is in source/go server
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ladybird or VideoTogether more popular?
Ladybird has 66,807 GitHub stars and VideoTogether has 1,794. Ladybird has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ladybird and VideoTogether free?
Both are open source. Ladybird is licensed under BSD-2-Clause and VideoTogether under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ladybird and VideoTogether?
Ladybird is written in C++ and VideoTogether 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 VideoTogether?
Choose Ladybird if you want the larger community (66,807 stars) or its BSD-2-Clause licence terms. Choose VideoTogether if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.