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obscura vs daily
obscura has 28,902 GitHub stars, 2,145 forks, 134 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. daily has 20,106 stars, 579 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. obscura leads on adoption by 44% (28,902 vs 20,106 stars). obscura is written in Rust under Apache-2.0; daily is written in JavaScript under AGPL-3.0. obscura has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, daily 3%. obscura 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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| obscura | daily | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 29K | ★ 20K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Rust | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.1K | ⑂ 579 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick obscura if
- You weight community size — 29K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick daily if
- You want the daily feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and daily fits your workflow better
About obscura
Obscura is an open source headless browser engine written in Rust, built for web scraping and AI agent automation. It runs real JavaScript through V8, speaks the Chrome DevTools Protocol, and presents itself as a drop in replacement for headless Chrome when driven by Puppeteer or Playwright. The project lives in the browser automation and headless browser corner of the Rust ecosystem, and it ships under the Apache 2.0 license.
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About daily
daily.dev is a free, open source personalized news feed and community for software developers. It lives in the JavaScript ecosystem and is licensed under AGPL 3.0. The project aggregates articles, tutorials, release notes, and news from more than 2,000 trusted sources across the web, then personalizes the resulting feed according to the tags a reader follows — such as webdev, ai, or devops — and according to what that reader has already engaged with. It is delivered as a new tab browser extension for Chrome and Edge, as a web app, and as mobile apps for iOS and Android, with a PWA among its listed topics. The rep…
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Frequently asked questions
Is obscura or daily more popular?
obscura has 28,902 GitHub stars and daily has 20,106. obscura has the larger community by that measure.
Are obscura and daily free?
Both are open source. obscura is licensed under Apache-2.0 and daily under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between obscura and daily?
obscura is written in Rust and daily in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, obscura or daily?
Choose obscura if you want the larger community (28,902 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose daily if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.