head to head · open source
slate vs nanobrowser
slate has 31,746 GitHub stars, 3,306 forks, 653 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. nanobrowser has 14,232 stars, 1,522 forks, 81 open issues and last shipped 12 days ago. slate leads on adoption by 123% (31,746 vs 14,232 stars). slate is written in TypeScript under MIT; nanobrowser is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. slate has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, nanobrowser 11%. slate was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (browser), 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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| slate | nanobrowser | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 14K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-10-28 | 2026-10-24 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 1.5K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick slate if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick nanobrowser if
- You want the nanobrowser feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and nanobrowser fits your workflow better
About slate
A completely customizable framework for building rich text editors. Why? · Principles · Demo · Examples · Documentation · Contributing! Slate lets you build rich, intuitive editors like those in Medium, Dropbox Paper or Google Docs—which are becoming table stakes for applications on the web—without your codebase getting mired in complexity. It can do this because all of its logic is implemented with a series of plugins, so you aren't ever constrained by what is or isn't in "core". You can think of it like a pluggable implementation of contenteditable built on top of React. It was inspired by libraries like…
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About nanobrowser
🌐 Nanobrowser Nanobrowser is an open source AI web automation tool that runs in your browser. A free alternative to OpenAI Operator with flexible LLM options and multi agent system. ⬇️ Get Nanobrowser from Chrome Web Store for free 👏 Join the community in Discord X 🌟 Loving Nanobrowser? Give us a star and help spread the word! ❤️ Support the project by sponsoring us every contribution helps keep Nanobrowser free and open source! Nanobrowser's multi agent system analyzing HuggingFace in real time, with the Planner intelligently self correcting when encountering obstacles and dynamically instructing the…
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Frequently asked questions
Is slate or nanobrowser more popular?
slate has 31,746 GitHub stars and nanobrowser has 14,232. slate has the larger community by that measure.
Are slate and nanobrowser free?
Both are open source. slate is licensed under MIT and nanobrowser under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between slate and nanobrowser?
slate is written in TypeScript and nanobrowser 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, slate or nanobrowser?
Choose slate if you want the larger community (31,746 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose nanobrowser if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.