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superpowers-zh vs zeroshot
superpowers-zh has 8,257 GitHub stars, 771 forks, 12 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. zeroshot has 1,919 stars, 180 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped yesterday. superpowers-zh leads on adoption by 330% (8,257 vs 1,919 stars). superpowers-zh is written in JavaScript under MIT; zeroshot is written in Rust under MIT. superpowers-zh has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, zeroshot 9%. zeroshot was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (claude-code, 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 | zeroshot | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.3K | ★ 1.9K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 771 | ⑂ 180 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick superpowers-zh if
- You weight community size — 8.3K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick zeroshot if
- You want the zeroshot feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and zeroshot 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 zeroshot
Zeroshot is an open source, MIT licensed Rust CLI that orchestrates coding agents as an explicit review graph for developers who want AI written changes verified by agents other than the one that wrote them.
read the full zeroshot overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is superpowers-zh or zeroshot more popular?
superpowers-zh has 8,257 GitHub stars and zeroshot has 1,919. superpowers-zh has the larger community by that measure.
Are superpowers-zh and zeroshot free?
Both are open source. superpowers-zh is licensed under MIT and zeroshot under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between superpowers-zh and zeroshot?
superpowers-zh is written in JavaScript and zeroshot in Rust. 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 zeroshot?
Choose superpowers-zh if you want the larger community (8,257 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose zeroshot if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.