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postiz vs hanko
postiz has 36,014 GitHub stars, 6,900 forks, 306 open issues and last shipped yesterday. hanko has 9,029 stars, 1,016 forks, 64 open issues and last shipped yesterday. postiz leads on adoption by 299% (36,014 vs 9,029 stars). postiz is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; hanko is written in Go under a custom or non-standard licence. postiz has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, hanko 11%. hanko 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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| postiz | hanko | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 36K | ★ 9.0K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 6.9K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick postiz if
- You weight community size — 36K 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 hanko if
- You want the hanko feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and hanko fits your workflow better
About postiz
Postiz is an open source social media scheduling tool built as a self hosted alternative to commercial platforms like Buffer and Hootsuite. It enables users to schedule, manage, and analyze posts across multiple social networks—including X (Twitter), Bluesky, Mastodon, and Discord—while supporting AI assisted content creation and team collaboration. The project lives in the Next.js and NestJS ecosystem, using a monorepo structure with TypeScript, Prisma (defaulting to PostgreSQL), and Temporal for background workflows.
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About hanko
Hanko is an open source authentication and user management backend, written in Go, that gives teams a self hostable or fully managed alternative to Auth0, Clerk, WorkOS and Stytch for adding passwords, passkeys, MFA, social login and enterprise SSO to an application.
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Is postiz or hanko more popular?
postiz has 36,014 GitHub stars and hanko has 9,029. postiz has the larger community by that measure.
Are postiz and hanko free?
Both are open source. postiz is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and hanko has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between postiz and hanko?
postiz is written in TypeScript and hanko in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, postiz or hanko?
Choose postiz if you want the larger community (36,014 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose hanko if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.