--- title: "conduit vs moby" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/cogwheel0-conduit-vs-moby-moby" tools: ["cogwheel0-conduit", "moby-moby"] --- # conduit vs moby *GraphCanon updated Jul 15, 2026* ## Verdict Pick conduit when conduit is primarily Dart; moby is Go; pick moby when moby is primarily Go; conduit is Dart. [conduit](http://conduit.mobile) reports 1.8k GitHub stars, 186 forks, and 53 open issues, last pushed Jul 15, 2026. [moby](https://mobyproject.org/) has 72k stars, 19k forks, and 3.8k open issues, last pushed Jul 10, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [conduit's repository](https://github.com/cogwheel0/conduit) and [moby's repository](https://github.com/moby/moby). | | [conduit](/tools/cogwheel0-conduit.md) | [moby](/tools/moby-moby.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Mobile (iOS/Android) client for OpenWebUI. Chat with your self‑hosted AI. | The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems | | Stars | 1,788 | 71,899 | | Forks | 186 | 19,126 | | Open issues | 53 | 3,821 | | Language | Dart | Go | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | GPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 | | Categories | Developer Tools, Inference & Serving | Developer Tools, Inference & Serving, LLM Frameworks | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [conduit](/tools/cogwheel0-conduit.md) | [moby](/tools/moby-moby.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Days since push | 0d | 1d | | Open issues (now) | 53 | 3.8k | | Owner type | User | Organization | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/cogwheel0-conduit/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/moby-moby/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### Choose conduit if… - conduit is primarily Dart; moby is Go. - License: conduit is GPL-3.0, moby is Apache-2.0. - Tags unique to conduit: dart, ollama, openwebui, selfhosted. ### Choose moby if… - moby is primarily Go; conduit is Dart. - License: moby is Apache-2.0, conduit is GPL-3.0. - Tags unique to moby: containers, docker, go, golang. - Also covers LLM Frameworks. - moby ships Docker support for self-hosted deployment. ## When NOT to use conduit - Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model. - Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. ## When NOT to use moby - Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model. - Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between conduit and moby? conduit: Mobile (iOS/Android) client for OpenWebUI. Chat with your self‑hosted AI.. moby: The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose conduit over moby? Choose conduit over moby when conduit is primarily Dart; moby is Go; License: conduit is GPL-3.0, moby is Apache-2.0; Tags unique to conduit: dart, ollama, openwebui, selfhosted. ### When should I choose moby over conduit? Choose moby over conduit when moby is primarily Go; conduit is Dart; License: moby is Apache-2.0, conduit is GPL-3.0; Tags unique to moby: containers, docker, go, golang; Also covers LLM Frameworks; moby ships Docker support for self-hosted deployment. ### When should I avoid conduit? Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model. Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. ### When should I avoid moby? Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model. Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### Is conduit or moby more popular on GitHub? moby has more GitHub stars (71,899 vs 1,788). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are conduit and moby open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (conduit: GPL-3.0, moby: Apache-2.0). ### Where can I find alternatives to conduit or moby? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [conduit alternatives](/tools/cogwheel0-conduit/alternatives) and [moby alternatives](/tools/moby-moby/alternatives) ([conduit markdown twin](/tools/cogwheel0-conduit/alternatives.md), [moby markdown twin](/tools/moby-moby/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/cogwheel0-conduit-vs-moby-moby.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, conduit or moby? conduit: Very active. moby: Very active. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for conduit and moby? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [conduit trust report](/tools/cogwheel0-conduit/trust); [moby trust report](/tools/moby-moby/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=cogwheel0-conduit`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=cogwheel0-conduit) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_