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Zen Browser vs social-media-copilot
Zen Browser has 45,517 GitHub stars, 1,946 forks, 689 open issues and last shipped yesterday. social-media-copilot has 1,394 stars, 229 forks, 2 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. Zen Browser leads on adoption by 3,165% (45,517 vs 1,394 stars). Zen Browser is written in C++ under MPL-2.0; social-media-copilot is written in TypeScript under GPL-3.0. Zen Browser has attracted 4% as many forks as stars, social-media-copilot 16%. Zen Browser 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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| Zen Browser | social-media-copilot | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 1.4K |
| License | MPL-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | C++ | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-08-31 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.9K | ⑂ 229 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Zen Browser if
- You weight community size — 46K stars and counting
- You want the MPL-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick social-media-copilot if
- You want the social-media-copilot feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and social-media-copilot fits your workflow better
About Zen Browser
Zen Browser Zen is a firefox based browser with the aim of pushing your productivity to a new level! Download • Website • Documentation • Release Notes Firefox Versions Release Is currently built using Firefox version 155.0.1 ! Twilight Is currently built using Firefox version RC 155.0.1 ! Contributing If you'd like to report a bug, please do so on our GitHub Issues page and for feature requests, you can use GitHub Discussions. Zen is an open source project, and we welcome contributions from the community! Please take a look at the contribution guidelines before getting started! Partners Thanks to all the…
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About social-media-copilot
社媒助手 日常工作中，经常会有从需要各社媒平台采集数据的场景，在使用量不大的情况下，手动处理，太麻烦；用其他产品，可能很贵或需要自己配置非常复杂的开发环境。 所以，本人开发了社媒助手插件，只需在浏览器上安装此插件，即可实现数据采集的自给自足。无需进行任何额外的操作！ 目前开源版支持的平台有小红书、抖音、快手，其他平台敬请期待！ 版本说明 插件目前共分为三个版本，分别是商店版、开源版、server版 其中， 商店版 功能最全面，但是不开源。 开源版 和 server版 均开源。 商店版安装地址： 开源版安装地址： 商店版 商店版拥有最完整的功能，开箱即用，优先维护，但是不开源。目前支持的平台有小红书、抖音、哔哩哔哩、快手、TikTok等。 server版 通过API进行调用，且支持自定义部署，维护于server分支中，适合需要通过API获取数据的用户。 该分支 服务器端 对外提供 HTTP 服务，通过socket.io将请求代理到 插件端 ，由插件端发起实际请求并将结果回调给 服务器端 。 开源版（当前分支） 基于社媒助手 v0.x 版本的代码进行开源，维护于main分支中，会做一些基础功能的维护，供大家学习交流使用。 开源版目前支持的主要功能如下： 项目结构 功能说明 点击查看抖音功能说明 点击查看小红书功能说明 快速开始 项目运行需要 NodeJS ，请自行安装运行环境。
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Frequently asked questions
Is Zen Browser or social-media-copilot more popular?
Zen Browser has 45,517 GitHub stars and social-media-copilot has 1,394. Zen Browser has the larger community by that measure.
Are Zen Browser and social-media-copilot free?
Both are open source. Zen Browser is licensed under MPL-2.0 and social-media-copilot under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Zen Browser and social-media-copilot?
Zen Browser is written in C++ and social-media-copilot 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, Zen Browser or social-media-copilot?
Choose Zen Browser if you want the larger community (45,517 stars) or its MPL-2.0 licence terms. Choose social-media-copilot if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.