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mall vs postgres-operator
mall has 84,792 GitHub stars, 29,827 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. postgres-operator has 5,241 stars, 1,070 forks, 546 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. mall leads on adoption by 1,518% (84,792 vs 5,241 stars). mall is written in Java under Apache-2.0; postgres-operator is written in Go under MIT. mall has attracted 35% as many forks as stars, postgres-operator 20%. postgres-operator 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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| mall | postgres-operator | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 85K | ★ 5.2K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Java | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-16 |
| Forks | ⑂ 30K | ⑂ 1.1K |
| 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 postgres-operator if
- You want the postgres-operator feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and postgres-operator 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 postgres-operator
Postgres Operator is an MIT licensed Kubernetes operator, written in Go and developed at Zalando, that creates and manages highly available PostgreSQL clusters through Postgres manifests (CRDs), built for platform and infrastructure teams that want database as a service inside their own Kubernetes clusters.
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Frequently asked questions
Is mall or postgres-operator more popular?
mall has 84,792 GitHub stars and postgres-operator has 5,241. mall has the larger community by that measure.
Are mall and postgres-operator free?
Both are open source. mall is licensed under Apache-2.0 and postgres-operator under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between mall and postgres-operator?
mall is written in Java and postgres-operator in Go. 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 postgres-operator?
Choose mall if you want the larger community (84,792 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose postgres-operator if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.