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Lightpanda vs ovobrowser
Lightpanda has 41,514 GitHub stars, 2,056 forks, 98 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ovobrowser has 1,094 stars, 58 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped 12 days ago. Lightpanda leads on adoption by 3,695% (41,514 vs 1,094 stars). Lightpanda is written in Zig under AGPL-3.0; ovobrowser is written in various languages under MIT. Lightpanda has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, ovobrowser 5%. Lightpanda was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (browser-automation, playwright), 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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| Lightpanda | ovobrowser | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 42K | ★ 1.1K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Zig | — |
| Last push | 2026-11-07 | 2026-10-27 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.1K | ⑂ 58 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Lightpanda if
- You weight community size — 42K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Zig
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick ovobrowser if
- You want the ovobrowser feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- You evaluated both and ovobrowser fits your workflow better
About Lightpanda
Lightpanda Browser The headless browser built from scratch for AI agents and automation. Not a Chromium fork. Not a WebKit patch. A new browser, written in Zig.   Benchmarks Requesting 933 real web pages over the network on a AWS EC2 m5.large instance. See benchmark details. Quick start Install Package Managers Latest nightly from Homebrew: Latest nightly from Arch Linux User Repository: Download from the nightly builds You can download the last binary from the nightly builds for Linux and MacOS for both x86 64 and aarch64. For Linux Verify the binary before running anything: Linux aarch64 is also available…
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About ovobrowser
English · 中文 源码级 Chromium 指纹内核。 源码级修改的 Chromium 指纹内核。不是 JS 注入，不是 playwright stealth 那套运行时补丁——指纹在 C++ 里改完再编译进二进制。检测站看到的是普通 Chrome，因为它本来就是 Chromium。 当前便携包： Windows x64 · 内核 138 / 144 / 150 · 产品名 ovobrowser （UA / Client Hints 仍报 Chrome，避免被判未知浏览器） 5 类独立噪声：Canvas / WebGL / Audio / ClientRects / Font（可关可固定种子） UA CH、平台、核数、内存、屏幕、DPR、电池、DNT、语音列表 WebGL vendor/renderer、隐藏 WebGPU / 蓝牙、WebRTC 不漏内网 IP 时区 / lang / accept lang 与出口 IP 对齐 任意语言：拼命令行 → 拉起 chrome.exe （Python / Node / Go / C / PowerShell / Java / Rust 示例都在本页） 普通用户客户端 针对普通用户，我们已经开发了图形化指纹浏览器客户端：装好就能管理环境、代理、团队和窗口同步，不必自己拼命令行。中英双语说明与软件截图见 ovobrowser manger…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lightpanda or ovobrowser more popular?
Lightpanda has 41,514 GitHub stars and ovobrowser has 1,094. Lightpanda has the larger community by that measure.
Are Lightpanda and ovobrowser free?
Both are open source. Lightpanda is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and ovobrowser under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Lightpanda and ovobrowser?
Lightpanda is written in Zig and ovobrowser in various languages. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Lightpanda or ovobrowser?
Choose Lightpanda if you want the larger community (41,514 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose ovobrowser if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.