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palmier-pro vs fabric-video-editor
palmier-pro has 14,493 GitHub stars, 1,131 forks, 95 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. fabric-video-editor has 574 stars, 169 forks, 7 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. palmier-pro leads on adoption by 2,425% (14,493 vs 574 stars). palmier-pro is written in Swift under GPL-3.0; fabric-video-editor is written in TypeScript under MIT. palmier-pro has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, fabric-video-editor 29%. palmier-pro was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (video-editor), 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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| palmier-pro | fabric-video-editor | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 14K | ★ 574 |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Swift | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-26 | 2026-08-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.1K | ⑂ 169 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick palmier-pro if
- You weight community size — 14K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Swift
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick fabric-video-editor if
- You want the fabric-video-editor feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and fabric-video-editor fits your workflow better
About palmier-pro
Palmier Pro is a Swift native macOS video editor with built in generative AI and a Model Context Protocol server, aimed at Apple Silicon editors who want agents such as Claude, Codex, or Cursor to create and edit directly on the timeline.
read the full palmier-pro overview →
About fabric-video-editor
Fabric Video Editor is an open source, MIT licensed video editor that runs entirely in the browser — a timeline based tool for text, image, video and audio layers with animations, filters and export with sound — built with Fabric.js, React, Next.js, MobX, Tailwind CSS and TypeScript, and aimed at developers who want editing capability inside a web application rather than in a desktop program.
read the full fabric-video-editor overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is palmier-pro or fabric-video-editor more popular?
palmier-pro has 14,493 GitHub stars and fabric-video-editor has 574. palmier-pro has the larger community by that measure.
Are palmier-pro and fabric-video-editor free?
Both are open source. palmier-pro is licensed under GPL-3.0 and fabric-video-editor under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between palmier-pro and fabric-video-editor?
palmier-pro is written in Swift and fabric-video-editor 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, palmier-pro or fabric-video-editor?
Choose palmier-pro if you want the larger community (14,493 stars) or its GPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose fabric-video-editor if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.