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maigret vs pump.io

maigret has 37,735 GitHub stars, 2,959 forks, 62 open issues and last shipped yesterday. pump.io has 2,238 stars, 328 forks, 679 open issues and last shipped 7 months ago. maigret leads on adoption by 1,586% (37,735 vs 2,238 stars). maigret is written in Python under MIT; pump.io is written in JavaScript under Apache-2.0. maigret has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, pump.io 15%. maigret 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.

maigret ★ 38K pump.io ★ 2.2K category Community & Social

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	maigret	pump.io
GitHub stars	★ 38K	★ 2.2K
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Written in	Python	JavaScript
Last push	2026-09-17	2026-02-12
Forks	⑂ 3.0K	⑂ 328
Self-hosting	Yes	Yes
Data ownership	Your server	Your server

pick maigret if

You weight community size — 38K stars and counting
You want the MIT license terms
Your stack matches Python
You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance

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pick pump.io if

You want the pump.io feature set and don't need the biggest community
You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
Your stack matches JavaScript
You evaluated both and pump.io fits your workflow better

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About maigret

Maigret is an open source Python OSINT tool that builds a dossier on a person from a username alone, checking for accounts across more than 3,000 sites without requiring API keys — it is aimed at OSINT analysts, pentesters, infosec teams, and investigators.

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About pump.io

pump.io is a social server and stream server written in JavaScript for Node.js, and it lives in the open source ActivityStreams and social networking ecosystem. The project provides an ActivityStreams API, uses activitystrea.ms JSON as the main data and command format, and includes a web interface. Its documented purpose is to let a person post something and have followers see it, while also exposing social data in a machine readable form.

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Frequently asked questions

Is maigret or pump.io more popular?

maigret has 37,735 GitHub stars and pump.io has 2,238. maigret has the larger community by that measure.

Are maigret and pump.io free?

Both are open source. maigret is licensed under MIT and pump.io under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.

What is the difference between maigret and pump.io?

maigret is written in Python and pump.io 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, maigret or pump.io?

Choose maigret if you want the larger community (37,735 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose pump.io if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.