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parlant vs macro-tasks
parlant has 18,288 GitHub stars, 1,556 forks, 41 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. macro-tasks has 4,362 stars, 416 forks, 100 open issues and last shipped today. parlant leads on adoption by 319% (18,288 vs 4,362 stars). parlant is written in Python under Apache-2.0; macro-tasks is written in Rust under AGPL-3.0. parlant has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, macro-tasks 10%. macro-tasks was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (ai-agents), 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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| parlant | macro-tasks | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 18K | ★ 4.4K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Python | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-07-12 | 2026-09-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.6K | ⑂ 416 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick parlant if
- You weight community size — 18K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick macro-tasks if
- You want the macro-tasks feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and macro-tasks fits your workflow better
About parlant
Parlant is a Python project licensed under Apache 2.0, and it presents itself as an interaction control harness for customer facing AI agents. It lives in the open source large language model ecosystem, with topic tags for ai agents, llm, openai, gemini, llama3, genai, python, customer service, customer success, and ai alignment. The README describes a server based Python SDK for creating agents, observations, and guidelines.
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About macro-tasks
Macro is an open source unified workspace named macro tasks, built in Rust and SolidJS under AGPL 3.0. It brings email, messages, docs, tasks, canvas, agents, calls, files, pull requests, and CRM into one web interface. The project lives in the Rust and SolidJS web ecosystem, with GitHub topics such as agent, ai, mcp, messaging, notes, notion, crm, email, and linear.
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Is parlant or macro-tasks more popular?
parlant has 18,288 GitHub stars and macro-tasks has 4,362. parlant has the larger community by that measure.
Are parlant and macro-tasks free?
Both are open source. parlant is licensed under Apache-2.0 and macro-tasks under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between parlant and macro-tasks?
parlant is written in Python and macro-tasks in Rust. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, parlant or macro-tasks?
Choose parlant if you want the larger community (18,288 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose macro-tasks if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.