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Nango vs Orbital
Nango has 12,203 GitHub stars, 1,353 forks, 131 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Orbital has 360 stars, 14 forks, 14 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Nango leads on adoption by 3,290% (12,203 vs 360 stars). Nango is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; Orbital is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Nango has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, Orbital 4%. Nango was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (api-integration), 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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| Nango | Orbital | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 12K | ★ 360 |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-06-25 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.4K | ⑂ 14 |
| 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 Orbital if
- You want the Orbital feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Orbital 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 Orbital
Orbital is an open source data gateway that connects APIs, databases, queues and functions without hand written glue code, aimed at platform, integration and data engineers building BFFs, API composition layers and ETL pipelines.
read the full Orbital overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Nango or Orbital more popular?
Nango has 12,203 GitHub stars and Orbital has 360. Nango has the larger community by that measure.
Are Nango and Orbital free?
Neither Nango nor Orbital declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Nango and Orbital?
Nango is written in TypeScript and Orbital 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 Orbital?
Choose Nango if you want the larger community (12,203 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Orbital if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.