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Plane vs Buzz
Plane has 59,546 GitHub stars, 5,776 forks, 1,103 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Buzz has 33,508 stars, 4,389 forks, 3,556 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Plane leads on adoption by 78% (59,546 vs 33,508 stars). Plane is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; Buzz is written in Rust under Apache-2.0. Plane has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, Buzz 13%. Buzz 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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| Plane | Buzz | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 60K | ★ 34K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.8K | ⑂ 4.4K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Plane if
- You weight community size — 60K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Buzz if
- You want the Buzz feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and Buzz fits your workflow better
About Plane
Plane is an open source project management platform for teams that need to track issues, run cycles, and manage product roadmaps without handing their data to a proprietary SaaS vendor, and it is aimed at engineering, product, and operations teams that would otherwise pay for Jira, Linear, ClickUp, or Asana.
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About Buzz
Buzz is a self hostable workspace platform where humans and AI agents collaborate in shared rooms, using a single Nostr based event log as the underlying data model. It unifies team chat, project management, and agent automation into one coherent interface, replacing fragmented tools with a unified protocol for events like messages, code patches, CI results, workflow steps, and approvals. Built in Rust and licensed under Apache 2.0, it runs as a single relay deployment per community or as a multi tenant hosted service sharing infrastructure while preserving strict community boundaries.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Plane or Buzz more popular?
Plane has 59,546 GitHub stars and Buzz has 33,508. Plane has the larger community by that measure.
Are Plane and Buzz free?
Both are open source. Plane is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Buzz under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Plane and Buzz?
Plane is written in TypeScript and Buzz 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, Plane or Buzz?
Choose Plane if you want the larger community (59,546 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Buzz if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.