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NvChad vs pyrefly
NvChad has 28,544 GitHub stars, 2,208 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 19 days ago. pyrefly has 7,197 stars, 599 forks, 694 open issues and last shipped yesterday. NvChad leads on adoption by 297% (28,544 vs 7,197 stars). NvChad is written in Lua under GPL-3.0; pyrefly is written in Rust under MIT. NvChad has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, pyrefly 8%. pyrefly was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (ide), 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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| NvChad | pyrefly | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 29K | ★ 7.2K |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Lua | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-10-24 | 2026-11-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 599 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick NvChad if
- You weight community size — 29K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Lua
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick pyrefly if
- You want the pyrefly feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and pyrefly fits your workflow better
About NvChad
NvChad Home • Install • Contribute • Support • Features Showcase What is it? NvChad is a neovim config written in lua aiming to provide a base configuration with very beautiful UI and blazing fast startuptime (around 0.02 secs 0.07 secs). We tweak UI plugins such as telescope, nvim tree etc well to provide an aesthetic UI experience. Lazy loading is done 93% of the time meaning that plugins will not be loaded by default, they will be loaded only when required also at specific commands, events etc. This lowers the startuptime and it was like 0.07 secs tested on an old pentium machine 1.4ghz + 4gb ram & HDD…
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About pyrefly
Pyrefly: A fast type checker and language server for Python with powerful IDE features Pyrefly is a type checker and language server for Python, which provides lightning fast type checking along with IDE features such as code navigation, semantic highlighting, and code completion. It is available as a command line tool and an extension for popular IDEs and editors such as VSCode, Neovim, Zed, and more. See the Pyrefly website for full documentation and how to add Pyrefly to your editor of choice. Pyrefly's current development status is stable. Key Features Fast. Pyrefly checks over 1.85 million lines of code per…
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Frequently asked questions
Is NvChad or pyrefly more popular?
NvChad has 28,544 GitHub stars and pyrefly has 7,197. NvChad has the larger community by that measure.
Are NvChad and pyrefly free?
Both are open source. NvChad is licensed under GPL-3.0 and pyrefly under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between NvChad and pyrefly?
NvChad is written in Lua and pyrefly in Rust. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, NvChad or pyrefly?
Choose NvChad if you want the larger community (28,544 stars) or its GPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose pyrefly if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.