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Nango vs Jitsu
Nango has 12,203 GitHub stars, 1,353 forks, 131 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Jitsu has 5,083 stars, 400 forks, 43 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Nango leads on adoption by 140% (12,203 vs 5,083 stars). Nango is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; Jitsu is written in TypeScript under MIT. Nango has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, Jitsu 8%. Nango 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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| Nango | Jitsu | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 12K | ★ 5.1K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.4K | ⑂ 400 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Nango if
- You weight community size — 12K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Jitsu if
- You want the Jitsu feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Jitsu fits your workflow better
About Nango
Nango is an open source platform for building product integrations in the developer tools and integration platforms ecosystem. It connects a product and AI agents with 900+ APIs, and it lets developers write integration logic as TypeScript functions or generate that logic with an AI builder before deploying it to Nango's production runtime.
read the full Nango overview →
About Jitsu
Jitsu is an MIT licensed, self hostable open source event data platform that collects events from websites, apps and servers and delivers them to data warehouses and other tools, built as a fully scriptable alternative to Segment for data teams and developers who want the pipeline inside their own infrastructure.
read the full Jitsu overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Nango or Jitsu more popular?
Nango has 12,203 GitHub stars and Jitsu has 5,083. Nango has the larger community by that measure.
Are Nango and Jitsu free?
Both are open source. Nango has no licence declared in this registry, and Jitsu is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Nango and Jitsu?
Nango is written in TypeScript and Jitsu in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Nango or Jitsu?
Choose Nango if you want the larger community (12,203 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Jitsu if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.