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paopao-ce vs homeland
paopao-ce has 4,502 GitHub stars, 656 forks, 16 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. homeland has 3,859 stars, 1,176 forks, 27 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. paopao-ce leads on adoption by 17% (4,502 vs 3,859 stars). paopao-ce is written in Go under MIT; homeland is written in Ruby under MIT. paopao-ce has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, homeland 30%. homeland was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (forum), 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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| paopao-ce | homeland | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 4.5K | ★ 3.9K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-08 |
| Forks | ⑂ 656 | ⑂ 1.2K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick paopao-ce if
- You weight community size — 4.5K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick homeland if
- You want the homeland feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You evaluated both and homeland fits your workflow better
About paopao-ce
PaoPao is an open source micro community platform that ships a complete social product in a single repository. The backend is written in Go and built on Gin, Cobra, GORM and Mir, while the web client uses Vue 3, Vite and Naive UI. An optional Tauri desktop client is packaged alongside the web application, so the same codebase covers server, browser and desktop delivery. The project is licensed under MIT and lives in the Go ecosystem, with topic tags covering bbs, forum, gin, go, naive, twitter, vue3 and zinc.
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About homeland
Homeland is an open source forum and community system written in Ruby and built on Ruby on Rails. It is described as an open source discussion website, and its tagline says that it was developed based on Ruby China. That places it in the community platform category, where the main purpose is to operate a discussion website.
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Frequently asked questions
Is paopao-ce or homeland more popular?
paopao-ce has 4,502 GitHub stars and homeland has 3,859. paopao-ce has the larger community by that measure.
Are paopao-ce and homeland free?
Both are open source. paopao-ce is licensed under MIT and homeland under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between paopao-ce and homeland?
paopao-ce is written in Go and homeland 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, paopao-ce or homeland?
Choose paopao-ce if you want the larger community (4,502 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose homeland if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.