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puppeteer vs eventing
puppeteer has 95,593 GitHub stars, 9,578 forks, 259 open issues and last shipped yesterday. eventing has 1,554 stars, 631 forks, 150 open issues and last shipped yesterday. puppeteer leads on adoption by 6,051% (95,593 vs 1,554 stars). puppeteer is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0; eventing is written in Go under Apache-2.0. puppeteer has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, eventing 41%. eventing 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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| puppeteer | eventing | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 96K | ★ 1.6K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.6K | ⑂ 631 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick puppeteer if
- You weight community size — 96K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick eventing if
- You want the eventing feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and eventing fits your workflow better
About puppeteer
Puppeteer is an Apache 2.0 JavaScript and TypeScript library that provides a high level API for driving Chrome and Firefox over the DevTools Protocol or WebDriver BiDi, written for developers who automate browsers from Node.js.
read the full puppeteer overview →
About eventing
Knative Eventing is an open source, event driven application platform for Kubernetes that gives teams a CloudEvents based way to produce, route, and consume events across services running in a cluster.
read the full eventing overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is puppeteer or eventing more popular?
puppeteer has 95,593 GitHub stars and eventing has 1,554. puppeteer has the larger community by that measure.
Are puppeteer and eventing free?
Both are open source. puppeteer is licensed under Apache-2.0 and eventing under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between puppeteer and eventing?
puppeteer is written in TypeScript and eventing 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, puppeteer or eventing?
Choose puppeteer if you want the larger community (95,593 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose eventing if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.