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LiveKit vs saltcorn
LiveKit has 22,027 GitHub stars, 2,529 forks, 189 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. saltcorn has 2,089 stars, 360 forks, 737 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. LiveKit leads on adoption by 954% (22,027 vs 2,089 stars). LiveKit is written in Go under Apache-2.0; saltcorn is written in JavaScript under MIT. LiveKit has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, saltcorn 17%. LiveKit 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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| LiveKit | saltcorn | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 22K | ★ 2.1K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-03 | 2026-11-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.5K | ⑂ 360 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick LiveKit if
- You weight community size — 22K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick saltcorn if
- You want the saltcorn feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and saltcorn fits your workflow better
About LiveKit
LiveKit: Realtime infrastructure for voice, video, and AI agents LiveKit is an open source platform for building voice, video, and physical AI agents. This repository is the LiveKit server: a scalable, distributed WebRTC SFU that moves realtime audio, video, and data between people, devices, and AI models. The SDKs, agents frameworks, and companion services are linked in the table at the bottom of this page. LiveKit's server is written in Go, using the awesome Pion WebRTC implementation. [!IMPORTANT] If you're building Voice AI, LiveKit Agents is the SDK for code first realtime voice agents. STT, LLM, TTS, turn…
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About saltcorn
Saltcorn Saltcorn is an extensible open source no code database application builder. Use it to build web and mobile database applications with flexible views, datatypes, layouts and actions This repository contains the core codebase, including the code necessary to self host an instance and to host a multitenant instance. Acknowledgements Saltcorn is using PostgreSQL, node.js, node postgres, express, live plugin manager, craft.js, jQuery Menu Editor, Blockly, CodeMirror and other awesome free and open source projects. Trying out Saltcorn Online A multitenant instance of Saltcorn is running at saltcorn.com, and…
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Frequently asked questions
Is LiveKit or saltcorn more popular?
LiveKit has 22,027 GitHub stars and saltcorn has 2,089. LiveKit has the larger community by that measure.
Are LiveKit and saltcorn free?
Both are open source. LiveKit is licensed under Apache-2.0 and saltcorn under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between LiveKit and saltcorn?
LiveKit is written in Go and saltcorn 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, LiveKit or saltcorn?
Choose LiveKit if you want the larger community (22,027 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose saltcorn if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.