Side-by-Side Comparison
photon vs vlc
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● dprevost/photon (2)
● videolan/vlc (19.8K)
☆ 2photon stars
☆ 19.8Kvlc stars
+19.8KDifference
vlcStar Leader (9916.5x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
vlc Leads
+19.8K stars (9916.5x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
vlc Leads
6.2K total community forks
Recent Maintenance
vlc
Pushed 7d ago
Licensing
GPL-2.0
Both share open license
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | dprevost/photon ↗ | videolan/vlc ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | The Photon project provides data containers (queues, maps, etc.) in shared memory to enable fast development of complex software projects. The framework uses some RDB concepts (transactions and crash recovery). | VLC media player - plays everything, runs anywhere. Code here: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 2 | ☆ 19,833 |
| Forks | 0 | 6,214 |
| Open Issues | 0 | 2 |
| Main Language | C | C |
| License | GPL-2.0 | GPL-2.0 |
| Last Push | Jul 29, 2010 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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