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ponytail vs drama-skills
ponytail has 185,150 GitHub stars, 10,241 forks, 270 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. drama-skills has 3,825 stars, 688 forks, 4 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ponytail leads on adoption by 4,741% (185,150 vs 3,825 stars). ponytail is written in JavaScript under MIT; drama-skills is written in Python under MIT. ponytail has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, drama-skills 18%. drama-skills was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (agent-skills, claude-code, prompt-engineering), 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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| ponytail | drama-skills | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 185K | ★ 3.8K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-10-29 | 2026-11-05 |
| Forks | ⑂ 10K | ⑂ 688 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick ponytail if
- You weight community size — 185K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick drama-skills if
- You want the drama-skills feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and drama-skills fits your workflow better
About ponytail
Ponytail He says nothing. He writes one line. It works. 54% less code (up to 94%) · 20% cheaper · 27% faster · 100% safe Measured on real Claude Code sessions editing a real open source repo (FastAPI + React), against the same agent with no skill. 54% is the mean across 12 feature tasks (Haiku 4.5, n=4); it reaches 94% where an agent over builds (a date picker) and is near zero where the code is already minimal. ponytail keeps every safety guard while a bare "write one liners" prompt drops one. (The earlier single shot benchmark reported 80 94% as a flat figure; against a fair agentic…
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About drama-skills
Drama Skills 面向编剧、漫剧工作室和编导的 AI 短剧创作工作流：十一个技能，从一个点子或一部原著做到分集剧本、分镜、图片/视频提示词和成片。 项目主页 · 安装 · 看看它的输出 · English 上面这段 24 秒竖屏样片是一次完整实跑的最后一步：从一部 20 章的原著开始，经原著分析、剧本、视觉设定、 图片提示词、分镜（21 镜）、视频提示词，只为剧本第三场（SC003）逐镜生成八段素材，再按剪辑单剪成成片。 这是什么 Drama Skills 覆盖 AI 短剧 / 漫剧从点子或原著到成片的全流程： 原著分析 → 分集剧本 → 视觉设定 → 图片提示词与分镜 → 视频提示词 → 确认后生产 → 剪辑成片 → 审查 。 它以 11 个 skill 的形式装进你已经在用的编程 Agent（Claude Code、Codex 及其他支持 Agent Skill 规范的环境）， 写作用的模型就是该 Agent 的模型。 五份 Markdown 就是创作事实 — 每集只维护 剧本.md 、 视觉设定.md 、 分镜.md 、 图片提示词.md 、 视频提示词.md ，剪成片时多一份 剪辑单.md 。没有并行的数据库，改哪份文件就是改哪一层决定。 人物和造型跨镜不走样，靠的是写进文件、脚本能核对的事实 — 需要跨镜保持的造型写成一条能原样贴进提示词的短语（连续性锁）；
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Frequently asked questions
Is ponytail or drama-skills more popular?
ponytail has 185,150 GitHub stars and drama-skills has 3,825. ponytail has the larger community by that measure.
Are ponytail and drama-skills free?
Both are open source. ponytail is licensed under MIT and drama-skills under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between ponytail and drama-skills?
ponytail is written in JavaScript and drama-skills in Python. 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 drama-skills?
Choose ponytail if you want the larger community (185,150 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose drama-skills if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.