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kun-galgame-forum vs Nameless
kun-galgame-forum has 1,986 GitHub stars, 76 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Nameless has 656 stars, 316 forks, 149 open issues and last shipped 17 days ago. kun-galgame-forum leads on adoption by 203% (1,986 vs 656 stars). kun-galgame-forum is written in Go under AGPL-3.0; Nameless is written in PHP under MIT. kun-galgame-forum has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, Nameless 48%. kun-galgame-forum was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (forum), 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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| kun-galgame-forum | Nameless | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 2.0K | ★ 656 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Go | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 76 | ⑂ 316 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick kun-galgame-forum if
- You weight community size — 2.0K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Nameless if
- You want the Nameless feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Nameless fits your workflow better
About kun-galgame-forum
kun galgame forum is an open source forum application for visual novel and galgame communities. It is built as a pnpm workspace monorepo with a Go Fiber v3 BFF and REST API, a Nuxt 4 SSR frontend, and PostgreSQL. The project is licensed under AGPL 3.0 and is a downstream application of nextmoe infra, which supplies identity and shared services.
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About Nameless
NamelessMC is free, open source website software for Minecraft servers, distributed under the MIT license and written in PHP. It lives in the Minecraft server ecosystem as a self hosted content management system, with MySQL as its database and a companion in game plugin that connects the website to a running server. The project is eleven years old, carries roughly 655 stars and 316 forks on GitHub, and is developed under the NamelessMC organisation with a public documentation site at namelessmc.com.
read the full Nameless overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is kun-galgame-forum or Nameless more popular?
kun-galgame-forum has 1,986 GitHub stars and Nameless has 656. kun-galgame-forum has the larger community by that measure.
Are kun-galgame-forum and Nameless free?
Both are open source. kun-galgame-forum is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Nameless under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between kun-galgame-forum and Nameless?
kun-galgame-forum is written in Go and Nameless 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, kun-galgame-forum or Nameless?
Choose kun-galgame-forum if you want the larger community (1,986 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Nameless if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.