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Lago vs Autumn
Lago has 10,568 GitHub stars, 750 forks, 23 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Autumn has 2,679 stars, 246 forks, 149 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Lago leads on adoption by 294% (10,568 vs 2,679 stars). Lago is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; Autumn is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. Lago has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Autumn 9%. Autumn 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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| Lago | Autumn | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 11K | ★ 2.7K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 750 | ⑂ 246 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Lago if
- You weight community size — 11K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Autumn if
- You want the Autumn feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Autumn fits your workflow better
About Lago
Lago is an open source metering and usage based billing API written in Go under AGPL 3.0. It lives in the Business Software and Finance & Accounting ecosystem and sits between product usage and revenue. It turns events such as AI tokens, compute, API calls, seats, and custom events into billable metrics, pricing, credits, entitlements, invoices, and payments.
About Autumn
Autumn is an open source pricing and billing platform written in TypeScript under the Apache 2.0 license, and it lives in the Stripe payments ecosystem. It is a layer between Stripe and an application, letting teams create subscriptions, credit systems and top ups, usage based models with overages, and custom plans without directly handling webhooks, upgrades, downgrades, cancellations, or failed payments.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lago or Autumn more popular?
Lago has 10,568 GitHub stars and Autumn has 2,679. Lago has the larger community by that measure.
Are Lago and Autumn free?
Both are open source. Lago is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Autumn under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Lago and Autumn?
Lago is written in Go and Autumn 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, Lago or Autumn?
Choose Lago if you want the larger community (10,568 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Autumn if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.