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river vs starling
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● nicolasff/river (24)
● bs/starling (25)
☆ 24river stars
☆ 25starling stars
+1Difference
starlingStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
starling Leads
+1 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
starling Leads
21 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
starling
Pushed 112mo ago
Licensing
Different
river: BSD-2-Clause vs starling: MIT
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | nicolasff/river ↗ | bs/starling ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | A simple “comet” server in C, streaming data to web clients | Starling Message Queue |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 24 | ☆ 25 |
| Forks | 2 | 21 |
| Open Issues | 1 | 1 |
| Main Language | C | Ruby |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | MIT |
| Last Push | Feb 13, 2011 | Jul 16, 2017 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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