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quasar vs social-media-copilot
quasar has 27,211 GitHub stars, 3,672 forks, 74 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. social-media-copilot has 1,333 stars, 214 forks, 2 open issues and last shipped 20 days ago. quasar leads on adoption by 1,941% (27,211 vs 1,333 stars). quasar is written in JavaScript under MIT; social-media-copilot is written in TypeScript under GPL-3.0. quasar has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, social-media-copilot 16%. quasar was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (browser-extension), 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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| quasar | social-media-copilot | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 27K | ★ 1.3K |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-08-31 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.7K | ⑂ 214 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick quasar if
- You weight community size — 27K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick social-media-copilot if
- You want the social-media-copilot feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and social-media-copilot fits your workflow better
About quasar
Quasar Framework is an MIT licensed Vue.js framework that builds responsive single page apps, server side rendered and statically generated sites, progressive web apps, browser extensions, hybrid mobile apps, and Electron desktop apps from a single codebase.
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About social-media-copilot
social media copilot (社媒助手开源版) is a GPL 3.0 TypeScript browser extension that collects data from Xiaohongshu (小红书), Douyin (抖音) and Kuaishou (快手), built for developers, researchers and small operators who need self hosted social media data collection instead of paying for a hosted product or scripting it by hand.
read the full social-media-copilot overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is quasar or social-media-copilot more popular?
quasar has 27,211 GitHub stars and social-media-copilot has 1,333. quasar has the larger community by that measure.
Are quasar and social-media-copilot free?
Both are open source. quasar is licensed under MIT and social-media-copilot under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between quasar and social-media-copilot?
quasar is written in JavaScript and social-media-copilot 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, quasar or social-media-copilot?
Choose quasar if you want the larger community (27,211 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose social-media-copilot if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.