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lux vs invisible_selenium
lux has 31,755 GitHub stars, 3,323 forks, 545 open issues and last shipped 7 months ago. invisible_selenium has 1,965 stars, 277 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped today. lux leads on adoption by 1,516% (31,755 vs 1,965 stars). lux is written in Go under MIT; invisible_selenium is written in Python under MIT. lux has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, invisible_selenium 14%. invisible_selenium 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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| lux | invisible_selenium | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 2.0K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | Python |
| Last push | 2026-03-29 | 2026-10-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 277 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick lux if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick invisible_selenium if
- You want the invisible_selenium feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and invisible_selenium fits your workflow better
About lux
Lux is a video download library and command line tool written in Go, released under the MIT license. It ships as a single lux binary that takes one or more URLs and retrieves the underlying media streams, and it also exposes the downloading logic as a Go library that other programs can embed. The project has existed for roughly nine years and lives in the Go ecosystem, distributed through go install alongside the usual operating system package managers.
About invisible_selenium
invisible selenium is a Python package for web scrapers and browser automation engineers who want Selenium's existing API to run on an anti detect Firefox that anti bot systems do not flag as automated.
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Frequently asked questions
Is lux or invisible_selenium more popular?
lux has 31,755 GitHub stars and invisible_selenium has 1,965. lux has the larger community by that measure.
Are lux and invisible_selenium free?
Both are open source. lux is licensed under MIT and invisible_selenium under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between lux and invisible_selenium?
lux is written in Go and invisible_selenium in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, lux or invisible_selenium?
Choose lux if you want the larger community (31,755 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose invisible_selenium if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.