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it-tools vs Vendure
it-tools has 40,640 GitHub stars, 5,432 forks, 821 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Vendure has 8,456 stars, 1,493 forks, 231 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. it-tools leads on adoption by 381% (40,640 vs 8,456 stars). it-tools is written in Vue under GPL-3.0; Vendure is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. it-tools has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, Vendure 18%. Vendure 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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| it-tools | Vendure | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 41K | ★ 8.5K |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Custom / other |
| Written in | Vue | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.4K | ⑂ 1.5K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick it-tools if
- You weight community size — 41K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Vue
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Vendure if
- You want the Vendure feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Vendure fits your workflow better
About it-tools
it tools be self hostable web collection of small developer and IT utilities — converters, encoders, formatters, generators — built with Vue and TypeScript, shipped as Docker image, aimed at developers, IT people, and homelab owners who want those tools without shipping data to third party sites.
read the full it-tools overview →
About Vendure
Vendure is an open source headless commerce platform built on a TypeScript stack that spans a Node.js and NestJS backend, a GraphQL API, and a React and TanStack admin dashboard. It lives in the TypeScript and Node.js ecosystem, and its topics place it among ecommerce frameworks, headless commerce platforms, and GraphQL commerce tools. The project is distributed as a monorepo containing the @vendure/core framework, the admin dashboard, the CLI, the official plugins, and an end to end testing harness. Vendure is licensed under GPLv3, with a plugin license exception that lets developers release their own Vendure pl…
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Frequently asked questions
Is it-tools or Vendure more popular?
it-tools has 40,640 GitHub stars and Vendure has 8,456. it-tools has the larger community by that measure.
Are it-tools and Vendure free?
Both are open source. it-tools is licensed under GPL-3.0, and Vendure has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between it-tools and Vendure?
it-tools is written in Vue and Vendure in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, it-tools or Vendure?
Choose it-tools if you want the larger community (40,640 stars) or its GPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose Vendure if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.