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superpowers-zh vs crit
superpowers-zh has 8,157 GitHub stars, 763 forks, 12 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. crit has 1,101 stars, 88 forks, 22 open issues and last shipped yesterday. superpowers-zh leads on adoption by 641% (8,157 vs 1,101 stars). superpowers-zh is written in JavaScript under MIT; crit is written in Go under MIT. superpowers-zh has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, crit 8%. crit was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (agentic-coding, code-review), 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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| superpowers-zh | crit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.2K | ★ 1.1K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 763 | ⑂ 88 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick superpowers-zh if
- You weight community size — 8.2K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick crit if
- You want the crit feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and crit fits your workflow better
About superpowers-zh
superpowers zh is the Chinese language community edition of the superpowers agent skills framework, packaging 20 skills — 14 translated from upstream plus 4 written for Chinese development workflows — for use across 26 AI coding tools, and it is aimed at Chinese speaking developers and teams who already drive assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or Gemini CLI and want those assistants to follow a disciplined engineering method instead of jumping straight into code.
read the full superpowers-zh overview →
About crit
Crit is a local, single binary review interface for agentic coding workflows that lets a developer comment directly on generated plans, code diffs, and frontend elements and send that feedback back to the coding agent.
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Frequently asked questions
Is superpowers-zh or crit more popular?
superpowers-zh has 8,157 GitHub stars and crit has 1,101. superpowers-zh has the larger community by that measure.
Are superpowers-zh and crit free?
Both are open source. superpowers-zh is licensed under MIT and crit under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between superpowers-zh and crit?
superpowers-zh is written in JavaScript and crit 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, superpowers-zh or crit?
Choose superpowers-zh if you want the larger community (8,157 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose crit if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.