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conductor vs puppetry
conductor has 32,213 GitHub stars, 1,012 forks, 253 open issues and last shipped yesterday. puppetry has 888 stars, 127 forks, 25 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. conductor leads on adoption by 3,528% (32,213 vs 888 stars). conductor is written in Java under Apache-2.0; puppetry is written in JavaScript under MIT. conductor has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, puppetry 14%. conductor 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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| conductor | puppetry | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 888 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Java | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-06-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.0K | ⑂ 127 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick conductor if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick puppetry if
- You want the puppetry feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and puppetry fits your workflow better
About conductor
Conductor is an Apache 2.0 licensed, event driven agentic workflow engine written in Java that provides durable and highly resilient execution for applications and AI agents, aimed at teams running microservices, AI agents, and adaptive workflow graphs that need orchestration they can version, inspect, and recover.
read the full conductor overview →
About puppetry
Puppetry is a no code/low code end to end web testing tool built on top of Puppeteer and Jest, aimed at QA engineers, testers, and developers who want to record and manage browser tests through a UI instead of writing scripts — though the project is now officially deprecated and kept only as an example and a piece of its own history.
read the full puppetry overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is conductor or puppetry more popular?
conductor has 32,213 GitHub stars and puppetry has 888. conductor has the larger community by that measure.
Are conductor and puppetry free?
Both are open source. conductor is licensed under Apache-2.0 and puppetry under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between conductor and puppetry?
conductor is written in Java and puppetry in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, conductor or puppetry?
Choose conductor if you want the larger community (32,213 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose puppetry if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.