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Wallabag vs Capd
Wallabag has 12,969 GitHub stars, 896 forks, 764 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Capd has 51 stars, 1 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. Wallabag leads on adoption by 25,329% (12,969 vs 51 stars). Wallabag is written in PHP under MIT; Capd is written in Swift under MIT. Wallabag has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Capd 2%. 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 | Capd | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 13K | ★ 51 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | Swift |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 896 | ⑂ 1 |
| 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 Capd if
- You want the Capd feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Swift
- You evaluated both and Capd 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.
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About Capd
Capd is a private, native macOS application for capturing web pages, selected text, links, notes, and images, and then finding them again through full text search. It is written in Swift, released under the MIT License, and distributed as a notarized .dmg from GitHub releases or through a Homebrew tap. Within the macOS productivity ecosystem it occupies the same ground as bookmark managers and read later tools, but it stores everything in a local SQLite database and an assets folder on the user's own Mac rather than in a hosted account.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wallabag or Capd more popular?
Wallabag has 12,969 GitHub stars and Capd has 51. Wallabag has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wallabag and Capd free?
Both are open source. Wallabag is licensed under MIT and Capd under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Wallabag and Capd?
Wallabag is written in PHP and Capd in Swift. 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 Capd?
Choose Wallabag if you want the larger community (12,969 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Capd if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.