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ponytail vs Suna
ponytail has 182,779 GitHub stars, 10,094 forks, 270 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. Suna has 20,354 stars, 3,440 forks, 74 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ponytail leads on adoption by 798% (182,779 vs 20,354 stars). ponytail is written in JavaScript under MIT; Suna is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. ponytail has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, Suna 17%. Suna was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (ai-agents, llm), 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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| ponytail | Suna | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 183K | ★ 20K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-10-29 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 10K | ⑂ 3.4K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick ponytail if
- You weight community size — 183K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Suna if
- You want the Suna feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Suna fits your workflow better
About ponytail
Ponytail He says nothing. He writes one line. It works. 54% less code (up to 94%) · 20% cheaper · 27% faster · 100% safe Measured on real Claude Code sessions editing a real open source repo (FastAPI + React), against the same agent with no skill. 54% is the mean across 12 feature tasks (Haiku 4.5, n=4); it reaches 94% where an agent over builds (a date picker) and is near zero where the code is already minimal. ponytail keeps every safety guard while a bare "write one liners" prompt drops one. (The earlier single shot benchmark reported 80 94% as a flat figure; against a fair agentic…
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About Suna
Kortix The open source AI Management System The leading open source alternative to Claude Cowork and ChatGPT Work. Website · Documentation · Cloud · Manifesto Agents that deliver finished work — reports, decks, code, replies, deployed changes — are now a product category. Every version of it runs inside a model lab, on that lab's model, with your company's brain on their side of the wall. Kortix is the one you own. It's an open source AI Management System : your agents, the skills they share, your company memory, and every connector live in one git repo — versioned, diffable, and shared by the whole company. The…
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Frequently asked questions
Is ponytail or Suna more popular?
ponytail has 182,779 GitHub stars and Suna has 20,354. ponytail has the larger community by that measure.
Are ponytail and Suna free?
Both are open source. ponytail is licensed under MIT, and Suna has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between ponytail and Suna?
ponytail is written in JavaScript and Suna 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, ponytail or Suna?
Choose ponytail if you want the larger community (182,779 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Suna if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.