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OpenCut vs parlant
OpenCut has 89,680 GitHub stars, 8,852 forks, 378 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. parlant has 18,290 stars, 1,555 forks, 41 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. OpenCut leads on adoption by 390% (89,680 vs 18,290 stars). OpenCut is written in TypeScript under MIT; parlant is written in Python under Apache-2.0. OpenCut has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, parlant 9%. OpenCut 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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| OpenCut | parlant | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 90K | ★ 18K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-08-10 | 2026-07-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 8.9K | ⑂ 1.6K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick OpenCut if
- You weight community size — 90K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick parlant if
- You want the parlant feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and parlant fits your workflow better
About OpenCut
OpenCut is a free, MIT licensed video editor that runs in the browser and is being rebuilt to serve web, desktop, and mobile from a single codebase, aimed at creators who want an open source alternative to CapCut.
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About parlant
Parlant is a Python project licensed under Apache 2.0, and it presents itself as an interaction control harness for customer facing AI agents. It lives in the open source large language model ecosystem, with topic tags for ai agents, llm, openai, gemini, llama3, genai, python, customer service, customer success, and ai alignment. The README describes a server based Python SDK for creating agents, observations, and guidelines.
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Frequently asked questions
Is OpenCut or parlant more popular?
OpenCut has 89,680 GitHub stars and parlant has 18,290. OpenCut has the larger community by that measure.
Are OpenCut and parlant free?
Both are open source. OpenCut is licensed under MIT and parlant under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between OpenCut and parlant?
OpenCut is written in TypeScript and parlant in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, OpenCut or parlant?
Choose OpenCut if you want the larger community (89,680 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose parlant if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.