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tabler vs lottie-ios
tabler has 41,725 GitHub stars, 4,428 forks, 66 open issues and last shipped yesterday. lottie-ios has 26,881 stars, 3,840 forks, 44 open issues and last shipped yesterday. tabler leads on adoption by 55% (41,725 vs 26,881 stars). tabler is written in Astro under MIT; lottie-ios is written in Swift under Apache-2.0. tabler has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, lottie-ios 14%. tabler was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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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| tabler | lottie-ios | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 42K | ★ 27K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Astro | Swift |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.4K | ⑂ 3.8K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick tabler if
- You weight community size — 42K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Astro
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick lottie-ios if
- You want the lottie-ios feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Swift
- You evaluated both and lottie-ios fits your workflow better
About tabler
Tabler is a free and open source HTML dashboard UI kit built on Bootstrap 5, aimed at developers and teams that need ready made layouts, components and demo pages for admin panels, dashboards and web apps.
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About lottie-ios
Lottie for iOS is an Apache 2.0 Swift library that natively renders After Effects and bodymovin JSON vector animations in realtime on iOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS, and it is aimed at Apple platform developers who want to ship designer authored motion without rebuilding it by hand in code.
read the full lottie-ios overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is tabler or lottie-ios more popular?
tabler has 41,725 GitHub stars and lottie-ios has 26,881. tabler has the larger community by that measure.
Are tabler and lottie-ios free?
Both are open source. tabler is licensed under MIT and lottie-ios under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between tabler and lottie-ios?
tabler is written in Astro and lottie-ios in Swift. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, tabler or lottie-ios?
Choose tabler if you want the larger community (41,725 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose lottie-ios if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.