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Temporal vs donutbrowser
Temporal has 23,180 GitHub stars, 1,914 forks, 956 open issues and last shipped yesterday. donutbrowser has 3,861 stars, 410 forks, 28 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Temporal leads on adoption by 500% (23,180 vs 3,861 stars). Temporal is written in Go under MIT; donutbrowser is written in Rust under AGPL-3.0. Temporal has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, donutbrowser 11%. Temporal 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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| Temporal | donutbrowser | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 23K | ★ 3.9K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.9K | ⑂ 410 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Temporal if
- You weight community size — 23K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick donutbrowser if
- You want the donutbrowser feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and donutbrowser fits your workflow better
About Temporal
Temporal is a durable execution platform for building resilient applications with workflows. It lives in the infrastructure and operations ecosystem, specifically within orchestration and scheduling. The server executes units of application logic called Workflows and automatically handles intermittent failures by retrying failed operations. Temporal originated as a fork of Uber's Cadence and is developed by Temporal Technologies, a startup formed by the creators of Cadence.
read the full Temporal overview →
About donutbrowser
Donut Browser is a free, open source anti detect browser written in Rust for anyone who needs many fully isolated browser identities — each with its own fingerprint, cookies, extensions, proxy, and VPN — running from one desktop install, and for the automation engineers and teams who script or sync those profiles.
read the full donutbrowser overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Temporal or donutbrowser more popular?
Temporal has 23,180 GitHub stars and donutbrowser has 3,861. Temporal has the larger community by that measure.
Are Temporal and donutbrowser free?
Both are open source. Temporal is licensed under MIT and donutbrowser under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Temporal and donutbrowser?
Temporal is written in Go and donutbrowser 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, Temporal or donutbrowser?
Choose Temporal if you want the larger community (23,180 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose donutbrowser if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.