Side-by-Side Comparison
photon vs whalegate
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● piedol/photon (21)
● RuriMeiko/whalegate (22)
☆ 21photon stars
☆ 22whalegate stars
+1Difference
whalegateStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
whalegate Leads
+1 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
whalegate Leads
21 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
photon
Pushed 1d ago
Licensing
Different
photon: GPL-3.0 vs whalegate: MIT
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | piedol/photon ↗ | RuriMeiko/whalegate ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Screenshot, markup and screen recording app for macOS and Windows, written in Rust. | 🐳 whalegate — OpenAI-compatible gateway into DeepSeek web sessions (Rust): account pool, failover, SSE, native-style tool calling (tool_choice, schema validation, repair retries), vision, PoW solver. Prefer the official paid API. |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 21 | ☆ 22 |
| Forks | 1 | 21 |
| Open Issues | 0 | 1 |
| Main Language | Rust | Rust |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Last Push | Oct 28, 2026 | Oct 25, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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