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ponytail vs cc-haha
ponytail has 141,465 GitHub stars, 7,581 forks, 270 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. cc-haha has 14,603 stars, 8,567 forks, 189 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ponytail leads on adoption by 869% (141,465 vs 14,603 stars). ponytail is written in JavaScript under MIT; cc-haha is written in TypeScript under MIT. ponytail has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, cc-haha 59%. cc-haha was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (claude, claude-code, llm), 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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Side by side
| ponytail | cc-haha | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 141K | ★ 15K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 7.6K | ⑂ 8.6K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick ponytail if
- You weight community size — 141K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick cc-haha if
- You want the cc-haha feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and cc-haha fits your workflow better
About ponytail
Ponytail is an open source agent skill for JavaScript and LLM based coding tools that makes an AI agent write the minimum working code for a task, and it is built for developers and teams running agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor against real repositories.
read the full ponytail overview →
About cc-haha
cc haha (Claude Code Haha) is a local first, cross platform desktop workspace for Claude Code and other coding agents, built for developers and teams who want multi session agent work, Git worktree isolation, diff review, and multi model routing inside one native application instead of a terminal.
read the full cc-haha overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is ponytail or cc-haha more popular?
ponytail has 141,465 GitHub stars and cc-haha has 14,603. ponytail has the larger community by that measure.
Are ponytail and cc-haha free?
Both are open source. ponytail is licensed under MIT and cc-haha under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between ponytail and cc-haha?
ponytail is written in JavaScript and cc-haha in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, ponytail or cc-haha?
Choose ponytail if you want the larger community (141,465 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose cc-haha if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.