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WordPress vs Linky
WordPress has 21,428 GitHub stars, 12,979 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Linky has 799 stars, 78 forks, 2 open issues and last shipped yesterday. WordPress leads on adoption by 2,582% (21,428 vs 799 stars). WordPress is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence; Linky is written in TypeScript under MIT. WordPress has attracted 61% as many forks as stars, Linky 10%. 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 | Linky | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 799 |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 78 |
| 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 Linky if
- You want the Linky feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Linky 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 Linky
Linky is an open source dynamic personal page builder written in TypeScript and released under the MIT license. The project presents itself as a link in bio tool and a dynamic personal homepage builder, and it sits in the Next.js web development ecosystem. Its repository is categorized under Developer Tools and Website Builders, and its homepage is https://lin.ky.
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Frequently asked questions
Is WordPress or Linky more popular?
WordPress has 21,428 GitHub stars and Linky has 799. WordPress has the larger community by that measure.
Are WordPress and Linky free?
Both are open source. WordPress has no licence declared in this registry, and Linky is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between WordPress and Linky?
WordPress is written in PHP and Linky 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 Linky?
Choose WordPress if you want the larger community (21,428 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Linky if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.