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paopao-ce vs Nameless
paopao-ce has 4,502 GitHub stars, 656 forks, 16 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. Nameless has 656 stars, 316 forks, 149 open issues and last shipped 15 days ago. paopao-ce leads on adoption by 586% (4,502 vs 656 stars). paopao-ce is written in Go under MIT; Nameless is written in PHP under MIT. paopao-ce has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, Nameless 48%. Nameless 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 | Nameless | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 4.5K | ★ 656 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-08-03 | 2026-09-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 656 | ⑂ 316 |
| 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 Nameless if
- You want the Nameless feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Nameless 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 Nameless
NamelessMC is free, open source website software for Minecraft servers, distributed under the MIT license and written in PHP. It lives in the Minecraft server ecosystem as a self hosted content management system, with MySQL as its database and a companion in game plugin that connects the website to a running server. The project is eleven years old, carries roughly 655 stars and 316 forks on GitHub, and is developed under the NamelessMC organisation with a public documentation site at namelessmc.com.
read the full Nameless overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is paopao-ce or Nameless more popular?
paopao-ce has 4,502 GitHub stars and Nameless has 656. paopao-ce has the larger community by that measure.
Are paopao-ce and Nameless free?
Both are open source. paopao-ce is licensed under MIT and Nameless under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between paopao-ce and Nameless?
paopao-ce is written in Go and Nameless in PHP. 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 Nameless?
Choose paopao-ce if you want the larger community (4,502 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Nameless if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.