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Toonflow-app vs superplane
Toonflow-app has 17,681 GitHub stars, 3,140 forks, 1 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. superplane has 7,708 stars, 651 forks, 617 open issues and last shipped today. Toonflow-app leads on adoption by 129% (17,681 vs 7,708 stars). Toonflow-app is written in TypeScript under MIT; superplane is written in Go under a custom or non-standard licence. Toonflow-app has attracted 18% as many forks as stars, superplane 8%. superplane was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (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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| Toonflow-app | superplane | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 18K | ★ 7.7K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.1K | ⑂ 651 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Toonflow-app if
- You weight community size — 18K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick superplane if
- You want the superplane feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and superplane fits your workflow better
About Toonflow-app
Toonflow is an MIT licensed, open source AI creative platform for short drama, comic drama and short video production that unites scriptwriting, asset management and image and video generation on a single infinite canvas, made for creators and teams who want that workflow running on their own hardware rather than inside a closed hosted service.
read the full Toonflow-app overview →
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.
read the full superplane overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Toonflow-app or superplane more popular?
Toonflow-app has 17,681 GitHub stars and superplane has 7,708. Toonflow-app has the larger community by that measure.
Are Toonflow-app and superplane free?
Both are open source. Toonflow-app is licensed under MIT, and superplane has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Toonflow-app and superplane?
Toonflow-app is written in TypeScript and superplane in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Toonflow-app or superplane?
Choose Toonflow-app if you want the larger community (17,681 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose superplane if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.