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obscura vs jumpcutter
obscura has 27,406 GitHub stars, 2,011 forks, 134 open issues and last shipped yesterday. jumpcutter has 665 stars, 29 forks, 126 open issues and last shipped 8 months ago. obscura leads on adoption by 4,021% (27,406 vs 665 stars). obscura is written in Rust under Apache-2.0; jumpcutter is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. obscura has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, jumpcutter 4%. 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 | jumpcutter | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 27K | ★ 665 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Rust | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-01-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.0K | ⑂ 29 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick obscura if
- You weight community size — 27K 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 jumpcutter if
- You want the jumpcutter feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and jumpcutter 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 jumpcutter
Jump Cutter is an AGPL 3.0 browser extension for Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge that fast forwards the long pauses between sentences in a playing video, letting viewers watch lectures and other unedited recordings at roughly 1.5x speed without missing any speech.
read the full jumpcutter overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is obscura or jumpcutter more popular?
obscura has 27,406 GitHub stars and jumpcutter has 665. obscura has the larger community by that measure.
Are obscura and jumpcutter free?
Both are open source. obscura is licensed under Apache-2.0 and jumpcutter under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between obscura and jumpcutter?
obscura is written in Rust and jumpcutter 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, obscura or jumpcutter?
Choose obscura if you want the larger community (27,406 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose jumpcutter if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.