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Temporal vs vps-audit
Temporal has 23,180 GitHub stars, 1,914 forks, 956 open issues and last shipped today. vps-audit has 3,128 stars, 305 forks, 12 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Temporal leads on adoption by 641% (23,180 vs 3,128 stars). Temporal is written in Go under MIT; vps-audit is written in Shell under MIT. Temporal has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, vps-audit 10%. 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 | vps-audit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 23K | ★ 3.1K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | Shell |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-08-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.9K | ⑂ 305 |
| 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 vps-audit if
- You want the vps-audit feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Shell
- You evaluated both and vps-audit 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.
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About vps-audit
vps audit is a lightweight, dependency free bash script for security, performance auditing and infrastructure monitoring of Linux servers. It lives in the Linux server administration and DevOps ecosystem, and its topics include bash, debian, devops, ec2, infrastructure, linux, monitoring, performance monitoring, security, and ci cd. The project is distributed as a Shell script under the MIT license, and the repository is described as a Nuver Labs project.
read the full vps-audit overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Temporal or vps-audit more popular?
Temporal has 23,180 GitHub stars and vps-audit has 3,128. Temporal has the larger community by that measure.
Are Temporal and vps-audit free?
Both are open source. Temporal is licensed under MIT and vps-audit under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Temporal and vps-audit?
Temporal is written in Go and vps-audit in Shell. 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 vps-audit?
Choose Temporal if you want the larger community (23,180 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose vps-audit if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.