Hey leads in popularity with 29,377 stars vs 18,202 stars for Bluesky. The 61% higher star count indicates stronger community adoption. In terms of developer contributions, Bluesky has 2,794 forks, indicating strong developer engagement.

Bluesky is growing faster, adding 85 stars in the last 30 days (+0.5%) against losing 6 stars for Hey (0%). Bluesky is the smaller project of the two, so it is closing the gap rather than extending a lead.

Bluesky shows more recent development activity with its last commit 1 hour ago, while Hey was last updated 3 months ago. This suggests Bluesky is being more actively maintained.

Both tools share common technology foundations, being built with JavaScript, CSS, Typescript, JSX. However, they differ in their additional technology choices: Bluesky uses Bash, Golang, Swift, Ruby, Kotlin.

Both projects started around the same time, with Bluesky beginning 4 years ago and Hey 4 years ago.

Bluesky uses the MIT license, which is more permissive than Hey's GPL-3.0 license, potentially offering greater flexibility for commercial use and integration.

Both tools serve similar use cases in Decentralized Social Networks. However, they also have distinct specializations: Hey extends into Web3 Platforms.