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maigret vs upvote-rss
maigret has 37,992 GitHub stars, 2,986 forks, 62 open issues and last shipped yesterday. upvote-rss has 500 stars, 13 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped 7 months ago. maigret leads on adoption by 7,498% (37,992 vs 500 stars). maigret is written in Python under MIT; upvote-rss is written in PHP under MIT. maigret has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, upvote-rss 3%. 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.
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| maigret | upvote-rss | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 38K | ★ 500 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Python | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-26 | 2026-03-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.0K | ⑂ 13 |
| 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
pick upvote-rss if
- You want the upvote-rss feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and upvote-rss fits your workflow better
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 upvote-rss
Upvote RSS is a self hostable PHP application that generates rich RSS feeds of the most popular posts from Reddit, Hacker News, Lemmy, Lobste.rs, PieFed, Mbin, and GitHub, aimed at people who want to follow those communities from a feed reader rather than browsing them directly.
read the full upvote-rss overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is maigret or upvote-rss more popular?
maigret has 37,992 GitHub stars and upvote-rss has 500. maigret has the larger community by that measure.
Are maigret and upvote-rss free?
Both are open source. maigret is licensed under MIT and upvote-rss under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between maigret and upvote-rss?
maigret is written in Python and upvote-rss in PHP. 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 upvote-rss?
Choose maigret if you want the larger community (37,992 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose upvote-rss if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.