Side-by-Side Comparison
ashell vs fess
Compare open source repositories side by side. Stars, forks, code health, licensing, and community growth.
Recorded Stars Comparison
● MalpenZibo/ashell (1.1K)
● codelibs/fess (1.1K)
☆ 1.1Kashell stars
☆ 1.1Kfess stars
+1Difference
fessStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
fess Leads
+1 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
fess Leads
175 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
ashell
Pushed 1d ago
Licensing
Different
ashell: GPL-3.0 vs fess: Apache-2.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | MalpenZibo/ashell ↗ | codelibs/fess ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | A ready to go status bar for Wayland compositors | Open-source, self-hosted enterprise & site search server built on OpenSearch. Crawls web / file / DB / cloud sources, 20+ languages, REST API, and AI/RAG & semantic search. Apache-2.0. |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 1,137 | ☆ 1,138 |
| Forks | 138 | 175 |
| Open Issues | 91 | 18 |
| Main Language | Rust | Java |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Last Push | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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