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vike vs Pagecord
vike has 5,827 GitHub stars, 396 forks, 89 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Pagecord has 190 stars, 15 forks, 9 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. vike leads on adoption by 2,967% (5,827 vs 190 stars). vike is written in TypeScript under MIT; Pagecord is written in Ruby under a custom or non-standard licence. vike has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Pagecord 8%. vike 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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Side by side
| vike | Pagecord | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 5.8K | ★ 190 |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 396 | ⑂ 15 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick vike if
- You weight community size — 5.8K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Pagecord if
- You want the Pagecord feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You evaluated both and Pagecord fits your workflow better
About vike
Vike is a TypeScript, MIT licensed full stack web framework distributed through npm, and it lives in the JavaScript and Vite ecosystem. It is developed in a monorepo that produces the vike package and the create vike core scaffolding package, while the project documentation itself is published from the docs/ directory as the website vike.dev. The repository describes itself as a replacement for Next.js and Nuxt, and it is tagged with topics covering full stack work on Node, server side rendering, static site generation, and Vite plugin integration.
About Pagecord
Pagecord is a personal website and blogging platform built on Ruby on Rails that is aimed at people who want to run their own blog, either through the hosted service at pagecord.com or from their own machine, and who would rather write than fight a publishing pipeline.
read the full Pagecord overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is vike or Pagecord more popular?
vike has 5,827 GitHub stars and Pagecord has 190. vike has the larger community by that measure.
Are vike and Pagecord free?
Both are open source. vike is licensed under MIT, and Pagecord has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between vike and Pagecord?
vike is written in TypeScript and Pagecord in Ruby. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, vike or Pagecord?
Choose vike if you want the larger community (5,827 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Pagecord if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.