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steamac vs Backplane
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● fxgl/steamac (800)
● BackplaneWorks/Backplane (801)
☆ 800steamac stars
☆ 801Backplane stars
+1Difference
BackplaneStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
Backplane Leads
+1 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
Backplane Leads
63 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
Backplane
Pushed 1d ago
Licensing
Different
steamac: Apache-2.0 vs Backplane: MIT
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | fxgl/steamac ↗ | BackplaneWorks/Backplane ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Valve's official ARM64 SteamOS in a lightweight VM on Apple Silicon: libkrun + Venus + MoltenVK, controllers, CoreAudio sound | Agentic hardware development with lawful, deterministic KiCad/STEP viewers, written in Bend |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 800 | ☆ 801 |
| Forks | 36 | 63 |
| Open Issues | 24 | 78 |
| Main Language | Swift | JavaScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last Push | Oct 24, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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