Side-by-Side Comparison
Mailspring vs nix
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● Foundry376/Mailspring (18K)
● NixOS/nix (18K)
☆ 18KMailspring stars
☆ 18Knix stars
+14Difference
MailspringStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
Mailspring Leads
+14 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
nix Leads
2.1K total community forks
Recent Maintenance
Mailspring
Pushed 1d ago
Licensing
Different
Mailspring: GPL-3.0 vs nix: LGPL-2.1
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | Foundry376/Mailspring ↗ | NixOS/nix ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | :love_letter: A beautiful, fast and fully open source mail client for Mac, Windows and Linux. | Nix, the purely functional package manager |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 18,003 | ☆ 17,989 |
| Forks | 1,066 | 2,067 |
| Open Issues | 25 | 3,037 |
| Main Language | TypeScript | C++ |
| License | GPL-3.0 | LGPL-2.1 |
| Last Push | Nov 11, 2026 | Nov 8, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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