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Nameless vs Valour
Nameless has 656 GitHub stars, 316 forks, 149 open issues and last shipped 17 days ago. Valour has 398 stars, 39 forks, 88 open issues and last shipped 11 days ago. Nameless leads on adoption by 65% (656 vs 398 stars). Nameless is written in PHP under MIT; Valour is written in C# under AGPL-3.0. Nameless has attracted 48% as many forks as stars, Valour 10%. Valour 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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| Nameless | Valour | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 656 | ★ 398 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | PHP | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-03 | 2026-09-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 316 | ⑂ 39 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Nameless if
- You weight community size — 656 stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Valour if
- You want the Valour feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and Valour fits your workflow better
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.
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About Valour
Valour is an open source community platform written in C and .NET with a Blazor client, licensed AGPL 3.0, intended for people who want to run or join social communities — called planets — on infrastructure they control rather than on a vendor's servers.
read the full Valour overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Nameless or Valour more popular?
Nameless has 656 GitHub stars and Valour has 398. Nameless has the larger community by that measure.
Are Nameless and Valour free?
Both are open source. Nameless is licensed under MIT and Valour under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Nameless and Valour?
Nameless is written in PHP and Valour in C#. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Nameless or Valour?
Choose Nameless if you want the larger community (656 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Valour if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.