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railroad vs discourse
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● bryanlarsen/railroad (24)
● discourse/discourse (47.9K)
☆ 24railroad stars
☆ 47.9Kdiscourse stars
+47.9KDifference
discourseStar Leader (1997.5x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
discourse Leads
+47.9K stars (1997.5x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
discourse Leads
9K total community forks
Recent Maintenance
discourse
Pushed 1d ago
Licensing
Different
railroad: NOASSERTION vs discourse: GPL-2.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | bryanlarsen/railroad ↗ | discourse/discourse ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Railroad gem becomes a Rails plugin | A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple. |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 24 | ☆ 47,941 |
| Forks | 6 | 9,028 |
| Open Issues | 4 | 265 |
| Main Language | Ruby | Ruby |
| License | NOASSERTION | GPL-2.0 |
| Last Push | Feb 2, 2011 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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