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cadence vs web-builder
cadence has 9,446 GitHub stars, 915 forks, 205 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. web-builder has 585 stars, 98 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. cadence leads on adoption by 1,515% (9,446 vs 585 stars). cadence is written in Go under Apache-2.0; web-builder is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. cadence has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, web-builder 17%. cadence 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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| cadence | web-builder | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 9.4K | ★ 585 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Go | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 915 | ⑂ 98 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick cadence if
- You weight community size — 9.4K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick web-builder if
- You want the web-builder feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and web-builder fits your workflow better
About cadence
Cadence is an open source orchestration engine for running asynchronous, long running business logic in a fault tolerant way. Written in Go under the Apache 2.0 license, it lives in the distributed systems and workflow automation space, and the project has been open source since 2017. This repository holds the core engine plus supporting tools: the CLI, schema management, a benchmark suite, and a canary. Client libraries for Go and Java are official, while Python and Ruby SDKs come from the community, and iWF can be layered on top as a DSL framework.
read the full cadence overview →
About web-builder
web builder is an open source, AI assisted low code platform for visually building and publishing responsive web pages and mini program screens, intended for front end and full stack teams that run a headless Drupal backend and want drag and drop layout work instead of hand written Tailwind markup.
read the full web-builder overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is cadence or web-builder more popular?
cadence has 9,446 GitHub stars and web-builder has 585. cadence has the larger community by that measure.
Are cadence and web-builder free?
Both are open source. cadence is licensed under Apache-2.0 and web-builder under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between cadence and web-builder?
cadence is written in Go and web-builder 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, cadence or web-builder?
Choose cadence if you want the larger community (9,446 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose web-builder if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.