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WordPress vs WebStudio
WordPress has 21,428 GitHub stars, 12,979 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped yesterday. WebStudio has 8,958 stars, 1,606 forks, 361 open issues and last shipped yesterday. WordPress leads on adoption by 139% (21,428 vs 8,958 stars). WordPress is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence; WebStudio is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. WordPress has attracted 61% as many forks as stars, WebStudio 18%. WordPress 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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Side by side
| WordPress | WebStudio | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 9.0K |
| License | Custom / other | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | PHP | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 1.6K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick WordPress if
- You weight community size — 21K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick WebStudio if
- You want the WebStudio 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 WebStudio fits your workflow better
About WordPress
WordPress is a PHP based website builder and personal publishing platform. It lives in the open source web publishing ecosystem and is distributed as a self hosted package installed on a web server. The project provides an administrative interface for creating, customizing, and managing a website, and it relies on a MySQL or MariaDB database for site content and configuration.
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About WebStudio
Webstudio is an open source visual development platform, licensed AGPL 3.0 or later, that lets developers, designers and cross functional teams build websites visually while keeping control of the underlying code, components and data.
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Frequently asked questions
Is WordPress or WebStudio more popular?
WordPress has 21,428 GitHub stars and WebStudio has 8,958. WordPress has the larger community by that measure.
Are WordPress and WebStudio free?
Both are open source. WordPress has no licence declared in this registry, and WebStudio is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between WordPress and WebStudio?
WordPress is written in PHP and WebStudio 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, WordPress or WebStudio?
Choose WordPress if you want the larger community (21,428 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose WebStudio if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.