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Trench vs Hook0
Trench has 1,663 GitHub stars, 64 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 6 months ago. Hook0 has 1,485 stars, 103 forks, 5 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Trench leads on adoption by 12% (1,663 vs 1,485 stars). Trench is written in TypeScript under MIT; Hook0 is written in Rust under a custom or non-standard licence. Trench has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, Hook0 7%. Hook0 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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| Trench | Hook0 | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 1.7K | ★ 1.5K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-04-06 | 2026-09-16 |
| Forks | ⑂ 64 | ⑂ 103 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Trench if
- You weight community size — 1.7K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Hook0 if
- You want the Hook0 feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and Hook0 fits your workflow better
About Trench
Trench is an open source analytics infrastructure project written in TypeScript under the MIT license. It is built around Apache Kafka, ClickHouse, and a Node.js based service, and it is distributed as a single production ready Docker image for event tracking. The project sits in the open source event streaming and analytics ecosystem, where teams collect product events, query them quickly, and connect data to dashboards, LLM retrieval pipelines, observability tools, or other analytics products.
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About Hook0
Hook0 is an open source Rust webhook server and dashboard in the Rust infrastructure and event streaming ecosystem. The GitHub description says it helps teams provide webhooks, and the README presents it as a real time API and dashboard for managing webhooks. Its purpose is to make webhook delivery part of a product without a separate delivery layer.
read the full Hook0 overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Trench or Hook0 more popular?
Trench has 1,663 GitHub stars and Hook0 has 1,485. Trench has the larger community by that measure.
Are Trench and Hook0 free?
Both are open source. Trench is licensed under MIT, and Hook0 has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Trench and Hook0?
Trench is written in TypeScript and Hook0 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, Trench or Hook0?
Choose Trench if you want the larger community (1,663 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Hook0 if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.