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Wallabag vs Brace.to
Wallabag has 12,969 GitHub stars, 896 forks, 764 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Brace.to has 106 stars, 4 forks, 19 open issues and last shipped 5 months ago. Wallabag leads on adoption by 12,135% (12,969 vs 106 stars). Wallabag is written in PHP under MIT; Brace.to is written in TypeScript under MIT. Wallabag has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Brace.to 4%. Wallabag 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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| Wallabag | Brace.to | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 13K | ★ 106 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-04-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 896 | ⑂ 4 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Wallabag if
- You weight community size — 13K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Brace.to if
- You want the Brace.to feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Brace.to fits your workflow better
About Wallabag
wallabag is a self hosted web application for saving web pages and reading them later. It lives in the PHP and Symfony ecosystem, is released under the MIT license, and presents itself as a read it later tool for users who want to keep their saved articles on their own server. The project also points to wallabag.it as a hosted account option for people who do not want to run the application themselves.
read the full Wallabag overview →
About Brace.to
Brace.to is an MIT licensed, end to end encrypted bookmark manager for people who want to save and revisit links across web, Android and iOS without handing the contents of their library to a hosted provider.
read the full Brace.to overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wallabag or Brace.to more popular?
Wallabag has 12,969 GitHub stars and Brace.to has 106. Wallabag has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wallabag and Brace.to free?
Both are open source. Wallabag is licensed under MIT and Brace.to under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Wallabag and Brace.to?
Wallabag is written in PHP and Brace.to 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, Wallabag or Brace.to?
Choose Wallabag if you want the larger community (12,969 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Brace.to if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.