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zen vs deadweight
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● sheshbabu/zen (1.2K)
● aanand/deadweight (1.2K)
☆ 1.2Kzen stars
☆ 1.2Kdeadweight stars
+2Difference
deadweightStar Leader (1.0x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
deadweight Leads
+2 stars (1.0x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
zen Leads
64 total community forks
Recent Maintenance
zen
Pushed 1mo ago
Licensing
Different
zen: AGPL-3.0 vs deadweight: MIT
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | sheshbabu/zen ↗ | aanand/deadweight ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Selfhosted notes app. Single golang binary, notes stored as markdown within SQLite, full-text search, very low resource usage | NOT MAINTAINED |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 1,179 | ☆ 1,181 |
| Forks | 64 | 50 |
| Open Issues | 1 | 14 |
| Main Language | JavaScript | Ruby |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Last Push | Oct 3, 2026 | Apr 27, 2016 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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