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Wallabag vs SeriesGuide
Wallabag has 12,969 GitHub stars, 896 forks, 764 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. SeriesGuide has 2,156 stars, 416 forks, 59 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Wallabag leads on adoption by 502% (12,969 vs 2,156 stars). Wallabag is written in PHP under MIT; SeriesGuide is written in Kotlin under a licence not recorded in this registry. Wallabag has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, SeriesGuide 19%. SeriesGuide 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 | SeriesGuide | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 13K | ★ 2.2K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | PHP | Kotlin |
| Last push | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 896 | ⑂ 416 |
| 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 SeriesGuide if
- You want the SeriesGuide feature set and don't need the biggest community
- Your stack matches Kotlin
- You evaluated both and SeriesGuide 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 SeriesGuide
SeriesGuide is an Android application for keeping track of favorite TV shows and movies. The project presents itself as a productivity and content management tool for people who want to follow series and films on an Android device, and it is written in Kotlin. Its public homepage is https://www.seriesgui.de, and the repository links to download, help, support, contribution, discussion, and release note resources.
read the full SeriesGuide overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Wallabag or SeriesGuide more popular?
Wallabag has 12,969 GitHub stars and SeriesGuide has 2,156. Wallabag has the larger community by that measure.
Are Wallabag and SeriesGuide free?
Both are open source. Wallabag is licensed under MIT, and SeriesGuide has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Wallabag and SeriesGuide?
Wallabag is written in PHP and SeriesGuide in Kotlin. 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 SeriesGuide?
Choose Wallabag if you want the larger community (12,969 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose SeriesGuide if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.