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Tirreno vs Marble
Tirreno has 1,513 GitHub stars, 179 forks, 9 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Marble has 601 stars, 86 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped 11 days ago. Tirreno leads on adoption by 152% (1,513 vs 601 stars). Tirreno is written in PHP under AGPL-3.0; Marble is written in HTML under a custom or non-standard licence. Tirreno has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, Marble 14%. Marble was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (fraud, fraud-detection), 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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| Tirreno | Marble | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 1.5K | ★ 601 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | PHP | HTML |
| Last push | 2026-08-14 | 2026-09-07 |
| Forks | ⑂ 179 | ⑂ 86 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Tirreno if
- You weight community size — 1.5K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Marble if
- You want the Marble feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches HTML
- You evaluated both and Marble fits your workflow better
About Tirreno
Tirreno is an open source security framework written in PHP and backed by PostgreSQL under AGPL 3.0. It lives in the application security and fraud prevention ecosystem, where it runs as a self hosted web application. The project describes itself as a few dependency, hand written application that can be installed quickly and used to ingest product events through API calls.
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About Marble
Marble is an open source, real time decision engine for fraud detection and AML compliance that fintechs, banks and crypto exchanges self host or run as SaaS to handle transaction monitoring, screening and case investigation.
read the full Marble overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tirreno or Marble more popular?
Tirreno has 1,513 GitHub stars and Marble has 601. Tirreno has the larger community by that measure.
Are Tirreno and Marble free?
Both are open source. Tirreno is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and Marble has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Tirreno and Marble?
Tirreno is written in PHP and Marble in HTML. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Tirreno or Marble?
Choose Tirreno if you want the larger community (1,513 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Marble if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.