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paopao-ce vs Valour
paopao-ce has 4,502 GitHub stars, 656 forks, 16 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. Valour has 397 stars, 39 forks, 88 open issues and last shipped 9 days ago. paopao-ce leads on adoption by 1,034% (4,502 vs 397 stars). paopao-ce is written in Go under MIT; Valour is written in C# under AGPL-3.0. paopao-ce has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, Valour 10%. Valour 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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| paopao-ce | Valour | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 4.5K | ★ 397 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | C# |
| Last push | 2026-08-03 | 2026-09-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 656 | ⑂ 39 |
| 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 Valour if
- You want the Valour feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and Valour 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 Valour
Valour is an open source community platform written in C and .NET with a Blazor client, licensed AGPL 3.0, intended for people who want to run or join social communities — called planets — on infrastructure they control rather than on a vendor's servers.
read the full Valour overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is paopao-ce or Valour more popular?
paopao-ce has 4,502 GitHub stars and Valour has 397. paopao-ce has the larger community by that measure.
Are paopao-ce and Valour free?
Both are open source. paopao-ce is licensed under MIT and Valour under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between paopao-ce and Valour?
paopao-ce is written in Go and Valour in C#. 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 Valour?
Choose paopao-ce if you want the larger community (4,502 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Valour if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.