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Lightpanda vs Tiledesk
Lightpanda has 35,409 GitHub stars, 1,680 forks, 98 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Tiledesk has 15 stars, 5 forks, 56 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Lightpanda leads on adoption by 235,960% (35,409 vs 15 stars). Lightpanda is written in Zig under AGPL-3.0; Tiledesk is written in TypeScript under MIT. Lightpanda has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, Tiledesk 33%. Tiledesk 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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| Lightpanda | Tiledesk | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 35K | ★ 15 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Zig | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.7K | ⑂ 5 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Lightpanda if
- You weight community size — 35K 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 Tiledesk if
- You want the Tiledesk feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Tiledesk fits your workflow better
About Lightpanda
Lightpanda is a headless browser built from scratch in Zig, designed specifically for AI agents and automation tasks. It is not a fork of Chromium or WebKit but a new implementation targeting performance and efficiency in automated web interactions. It lives in the browser automation ecosystem, competing with tools like Puppeteer and Playwright that typically rely on Chromium based headless modes.
read the full Lightpanda overview →
About Tiledesk
Tiledesk is an open source, MIT licensed platform for building LLM powered AI agents and automating customer support, and this repository is the Angular backoffice dashboard used to manage it, aimed at support teams and developers who want a self hosted alternative to Intercom and Voiceflow.
read the full Tiledesk overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lightpanda or Tiledesk more popular?
Lightpanda has 35,409 GitHub stars and Tiledesk has 15. Lightpanda has the larger community by that measure.
Are Lightpanda and Tiledesk free?
Both are open source. Lightpanda is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Tiledesk under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Lightpanda and Tiledesk?
Lightpanda is written in Zig and Tiledesk 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, Lightpanda or Tiledesk?
Choose Lightpanda if you want the larger community (35,409 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Tiledesk if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.