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Sequin vs Telephone
Sequin has 2,223 GitHub stars, 153 forks, 71 open issues and last shipped 8 months ago. Telephone has 1,177 stars, 241 forks, 132 open issues and last shipped 21 days ago. Sequin leads on adoption by 89% (2,223 vs 1,177 stars). Sequin is written in Elixir under MIT; Telephone is written in Swift under GPL-3.0. Sequin has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Telephone 20%. Telephone 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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| Sequin | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 2.2K | ★ 1.2K |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Elixir | Swift |
| Last push | 2026-02-23 | 2026-10-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 153 | ⑂ 241 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Sequin if
- You weight community size — 2.2K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Elixir
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Telephone if
- You want the Telephone feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Swift
- You evaluated both and Telephone fits your workflow better
About Sequin
Documentation · Website · Discord · Slack · Blog Sequin Sequin is the fastest change data capture (CDC) platform for Postgres. Sequin makes it easy to stream Postgres to streaming platforms, queues, search indexes, and more (e.g. Kafka, GCP Pub/Sub, another Postgres, etc.). You can backfill existing rows and stream new changes in real time. Sequin is a standalone Docker container that you can deploy next to your Postgres database. For production deployments on AWS, see the deployment/ directory for Terraform infrastructure as code templates. Sequin is open source. To help us make this project great, tell us what…
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About Telephone
Telephone is a VoIP SIP softphone for Mac. It allows you to make phone calls over the Internet or your company network. If your phone line supports SIP protocol, you can use it on your Mac instead of a physical phone anywhere you have a decent network connection. Building Opus Opus codec is optional. Download: $ curl O $ tar xzvf opus 1.3.1.tar.gz $ cd opus 1.3.1 Build and install: $ ./configure prefix=/path/to/Telephone/ThirdParty/Opus disable shared CFLAGS=' arch arm64 arch x86 64 Os mmacosx version min=15.6' $ make $ make install LibreSSL Download: $ curl O $ curl O $ gpg verify libressl 3.1.5.tar.gz.asc $…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sequin or Telephone more popular?
Sequin has 2,223 GitHub stars and Telephone has 1,177. Sequin has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sequin and Telephone free?
Both are open source. Sequin is licensed under MIT and Telephone under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Sequin and Telephone?
Sequin is written in Elixir and Telephone in Swift. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Sequin or Telephone?
Choose Sequin if you want the larger community (2,223 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Telephone if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.