Head to head
6 of 10 recorded facts differ. Everything below is source-reported with a capture date. Niched has not published a buyer verdict for this pair, so nothing here declares a winner. A winner only exists inside a defined buyer niche with stated constraints.
Open-Source Subscription Billing & Payments Platform. killbill is open source, written primarily in Java, released under Apache License 2.0. Its repository has 5.6K GitHub stars and 947 forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in Payments & billing infrastructure.
Visit ↗Simple subscription billing in the browser. recurly-js is open source, written primarily in JavaScript, released under MIT License. Its repository has 646 GitHub stars and 142 forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in Payments & billing infrastructure.
Visit ↗| Fact | killbill | recurly-js |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 5.6K | 646 |
| Forks | 947 | 142 |
| Open issues | 264 | 18 |
| Last commit | yesterday | 13 days ago |
| Primary language | Java | JavaScript |
| License | Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
Both products are placed in Payments & billing infrastructure. A category organises the market; it carries no score. See all killbill alternatives.