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zeroshot vs sno-station
zeroshot has 1,953 GitHub stars, 184 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped yesterday. sno-station has 626 stars, 363 forks, 1 open issues and last shipped today. zeroshot leads on adoption by 212% (1,953 vs 626 stars). zeroshot is written in Rust under MIT; sno-station is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. zeroshot has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, sno-station 58%. sno-station was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (ai-agents, claude-code, code-review), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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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| zeroshot | sno-station | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 2.0K | ★ 626 |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Rust | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 184 | ⑂ 363 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick zeroshot if
- You weight community size — 2.0K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick sno-station if
- You want the sno-station feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and sno-station fits your workflow better
About zeroshot
Zeroshot is an open source, MIT licensed Rust CLI that orchestrates coding agents as an explicit review graph for developers who want AI written changes verified by agents other than the one that wrote them.
read the full zeroshot overview →
About sno-station
Sno Station is open source software that turns the AI coding agents you already run — Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Hermes Agent and OpenClaw — into one squad sharing a single encrypted memory on your own machine.
read the full sno-station overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is zeroshot or sno-station more popular?
zeroshot has 1,953 GitHub stars and sno-station has 626. zeroshot has the larger community by that measure.
Are zeroshot and sno-station free?
Both are open source. zeroshot is licensed under MIT and sno-station under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between zeroshot and sno-station?
zeroshot is written in Rust and sno-station 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, zeroshot or sno-station?
Choose zeroshot if you want the larger community (1,953 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose sno-station if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.