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superplane vs openmeld
superplane has 7,708 GitHub stars, 651 forks, 617 open issues and last shipped today. openmeld has 1,358 stars, 77 forks, 5 open issues and last shipped today. superplane leads on adoption by 468% (7,708 vs 1,358 stars). superplane is written in Go under a custom or non-standard licence; openmeld is written in TypeScript under MIT. superplane has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, openmeld 6%. openmeld was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (agent-orchestration, ai-agents), 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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| superplane | openmeld | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 7.7K | ★ 1.4K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 651 | ⑂ 77 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick superplane if
- You weight community size — 7.7K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick openmeld if
- You want the openmeld feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and openmeld fits your workflow better
About superplane
SuperPlane is an open source control plane for automating routine software engineering work, distributed under the Apache License 2.0 and written primarily in Go. It describes itself as an "open source factory for one shot engineering," and it lives in the DevOps, platform engineering and workflow automation ecosystem. The project is currently in beta, with its source, releases and issue tracker hosted on GitHub.
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About openmeld
OpenMeld is an MIT licensed, TypeScript collaboration system that gives people and AI agents a shared Space for context, tasks, and parallel work, and it is built for teams and individuals who already run coding agents such as Codex, Claude Code, Grok, OpenCode, Antigravity, and Cursor CLI.
read the full openmeld overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is superplane or openmeld more popular?
superplane has 7,708 GitHub stars and openmeld has 1,358. superplane has the larger community by that measure.
Are superplane and openmeld free?
Both are open source. superplane has no licence declared in this registry, and openmeld is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between superplane and openmeld?
superplane is written in Go and openmeld 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, superplane or openmeld?
Choose superplane if you want the larger community (7,708 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose openmeld if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.