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Superset vs Frontman
Superset has 14,403 GitHub stars, 1,285 forks, 666 open issues and last shipped today. Frontman has 701 stars, 52 forks, 236 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Superset leads on adoption by 1,955% (14,403 vs 701 stars). Superset is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; Frontman is written in ReScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Superset has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, Frontman 7%. Superset was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (agent, ai-coding, developer-tools), 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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| Superset | Frontman | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 14K | ★ 701 |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | ReScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.3K | ⑂ 52 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Superset if
- You weight community size — 14K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Frontman if
- You want the Frontman feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches ReScript
- You evaluated both and Frontman fits your workflow better
About Superset
Superset is an agentic IDE for orchestrating many coding agents in parallel on a developer machine. It lives in the AI assisted coding and developer tools ecosystem, and it is aimed at people who run CLI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or any CLI agent. It can run any agent with the user's own subscription. The project treats each agent as a worker that can run in its own isolated git worktree, with its own branch, terminal, and environment.
read the full Superset overview →
About Frontman
Frontman is an open source AI coding agent that runs inside your browser and edits your project's real source files from a live view of the running application, built for product managers, designers, and frontend developers who need small frontend fixes without opening an IDE.
read the full Frontman overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Superset or Frontman more popular?
Superset has 14,403 GitHub stars and Frontman has 701. Superset has the larger community by that measure.
Are Superset and Frontman free?
Neither Superset nor Frontman declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Superset and Frontman?
Superset is written in TypeScript and Frontman in ReScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Superset or Frontman?
Choose Superset if you want the larger community (14,403 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Frontman if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.