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vite vs captain
vite has 82,868 GitHub stars, 8,745 forks, 767 open issues and last shipped today. captain has 777 stars, 48 forks, 20 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. vite leads on adoption by 10,565% (82,868 vs 777 stars). vite is written in TypeScript under MIT; captain is written in Go under MIT. vite has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, captain 6%. vite was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (build-tool), 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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Side by side
| vite | captain | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 83K | ★ 777 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 8.7K | ⑂ 48 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick vite if
- You weight community size — 83K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick captain if
- You want the captain feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and captain fits your workflow better
About vite
Vite is a build tool for modern web projects, distributed as a set of npm packages and licensed under MIT. It is written in TypeScript and lives in the JavaScript and frontend tooling ecosystem, where it sits alongside the bundlers and dev servers that compile application source into browser ready assets. The project describes itself as next generation frontend tooling and has been maintained for roughly six years, with the most recent push recorded in September 2026.
About captain
Introduction Captain Convert your Git workflow to Docker containers ready for Continuous Delivery Define your workflow in the captain.yaml and use captain to your Continuous Delivery service to create containers for each commit, test them and push them to your registry only when tests passes. Use captain build to build your Dockerfile(s) of your repository. If your repository has local changes the containers will only be tagged as latest , otherwise the containers will be tagged as latest , COMMIT ID & BRANCH NAME . Now your Git commit tree is reproduced in your local docker repository. Use captain test to run yo…
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Frequently asked questions
Is vite or captain more popular?
vite has 82,868 GitHub stars and captain has 777. vite has the larger community by that measure.
Are vite and captain free?
Both are open source. vite is licensed under MIT and captain under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between vite and captain?
vite is written in TypeScript and captain in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, vite or captain?
Choose vite if you want the larger community (82,868 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose captain if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.