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Wallabag vs Faved
Wallabag has 12,969 GitHub stars, 896 forks, 764 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Faved has 1,310 stars, 71 forks, 10 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Wallabag leads on adoption by 890% (12,969 vs 1,310 stars). Wallabag is written in PHP under MIT; Faved is written in TypeScript under MIT. Wallabag has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Faved 5%. Wallabag was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (php, read-it-later), 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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| Wallabag | Faved | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 13K | ★ 1.3K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-08-05 |
| Forks | ⑂ 896 | ⑂ 71 |
| 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 Faved if
- You want the Faved feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Faved 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 Faved
Faved is a free, open source bookmark manager for people who want to keep a large link collection organized without sending the data to a third party service. It lives in the self hosted productivity and read it later ecosystem, and it is built with TypeScript and React. The core idea is local storage plus nested tags, fast search, and management tools for large collections.
read the full Faved overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wallabag or Faved more popular?
Wallabag has 12,969 GitHub stars and Faved has 1,310. Wallabag has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wallabag and Faved free?
Both are open source. Wallabag is licensed under MIT and Faved under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Wallabag and Faved?
Wallabag is written in PHP and Faved 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 Faved?
Choose Wallabag if you want the larger community (12,969 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Faved if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.