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pixijs vs php-spx
pixijs has 48,178 GitHub stars, 5,071 forks, 344 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. php-spx has 2,636 stars, 103 forks, 70 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. pixijs leads on adoption by 1,728% (48,178 vs 2,636 stars). pixijs is written in TypeScript under MIT; php-spx is written in C under GPL-3.0. pixijs has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, php-spx 4%. pixijs was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (data-visualization), 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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| pixijs | php-spx | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 48K | ★ 2.6K |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | C |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.1K | ⑂ 103 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick pixijs if
- You weight community size — 48K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick php-spx if
- You want the php-spx feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches C
- You evaluated both and php-spx fits your workflow better
About pixijs
PixiJS is an open source 2D rendering library for the web, described in its README as the HTML5 Creation Engine. It ships WebGL and WebGPU renderers and is written in TypeScript, distributed under the MIT license from the pixijs/pixijs repository, which has been developed for fourteen years and holds roughly 48,000 stars across about 5,000 forks. The project lives in the JavaScript and TypeScript ecosystem: it is installed through npm and driven from browser code, with GLSL shaders, canvas, canvas2d, and rendering engine listed among its topics. Its homepage is pixijs.com, and the repository carries the Data and …
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About php-spx
SPX (Simple Profiling eXtension) is a free, GPL 3.0 PHP profiling extension written in C that ships with its own built in web UI, intended for PHP developers and performance engineers who profile web requests and command line scripts on their own infrastructure.
read the full php-spx overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is pixijs or php-spx more popular?
pixijs has 48,178 GitHub stars and php-spx has 2,636. pixijs has the larger community by that measure.
Are pixijs and php-spx free?
Both are open source. pixijs is licensed under MIT and php-spx under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between pixijs and php-spx?
pixijs is written in TypeScript and php-spx 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, pixijs or php-spx?
Choose pixijs if you want the larger community (48,178 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose php-spx if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.