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WordPress vs Silex
WordPress has 21,428 GitHub stars, 12,979 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Silex has 2,973 stars, 678 forks, 70 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. WordPress leads on adoption by 621% (21,428 vs 2,973 stars). WordPress is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence; Silex is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. WordPress has attracted 61% as many forks as stars, Silex 23%. 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 | Silex | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 3.0K |
| License | Custom / other | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | PHP | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-16 |
| Forks | ⑂ 13K | ⑂ 678 |
| 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 Silex if
- You want the Silex 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 Silex 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.
read the full WordPress overview →
About Silex
Silex is a free, open source visual website builder that lets designers, agencies, and no code developers build static sites by drag and drop and export clean HTML and CSS they can host anywhere.
read the full Silex overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is WordPress or Silex more popular?
WordPress has 21,428 GitHub stars and Silex has 2,973. WordPress has the larger community by that measure.
Are WordPress and Silex free?
Both are open source. WordPress has no licence declared in this registry, and Silex is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between WordPress and Silex?
WordPress is written in PHP and Silex 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 Silex?
Choose WordPress if you want the larger community (21,428 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Silex if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.