head to head · open source
mall vs kombu
mall has 84,792 GitHub stars, 29,827 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. kombu has 3,141 stars, 1,043 forks, 217 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. mall leads on adoption by 2,600% (84,792 vs 3,141 stars). mall is written in Java under Apache-2.0; kombu is written in Python under BSD-3-Clause. mall has attracted 35% as many forks as stars, kombu 33%. kombu was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (rabbitmq, redis), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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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| mall | kombu | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 85K | ★ 3.1K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | Java | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 30K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick mall if
- You weight community size — 85K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick kombu if
- You want the kombu feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and kombu fits your workflow better
About mall
mall is a complete e commerce system built on Spring Boot and MyBatis, distributed as a Java project under the Apache 2.0 license. It ships two applications in one repository: a storefront system for shoppers and an administrative back office for operators. The storefront covers the home portal, product recommendation, product search, product display, shopping cart, order flow, member center, customer service, and help center. The back office covers product management, order management, member management, promotion management, operations management, content management, statistics reports, finance management, perm…
About kombu
Kombu is a BSD 3 Clause licensed Python messaging library that gives application authors an idiomatic, high level interface to the AMQP protocol and pluggable transports for Redis, Amazon SQS, MongoDB, PGMQ, ZooKeeper, SoftLayer MQ, and Pyro, aimed at Python developers and Celery based teams that need one consistent messaging API across several brokers.
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Frequently asked questions
Is mall or kombu more popular?
mall has 84,792 GitHub stars and kombu has 3,141. mall has the larger community by that measure.
Are mall and kombu free?
Both are open source. mall is licensed under Apache-2.0 and kombu under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between mall and kombu?
mall is written in Java and kombu 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, mall or kombu?
Choose mall if you want the larger community (84,792 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose kombu if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.