--- title: "enchanted vs moby" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/gluonfield-enchanted-vs-moby-moby" tools: ["gluonfield-enchanted", "moby-moby"] --- # enchanted vs moby *GraphCanon updated Jul 15, 2026* ## Verdict Pick enchanted when enchanted is primarily Swift; moby is Go; pick moby when moby is primarily Go; enchanted is Swift. [enchanted](https://github.com/gluonfield/enchanted) reports 6.0k GitHub stars, 420 forks, and 111 open issues, last pushed Jul 7, 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 [enchanted's repository](https://github.com/gluonfield/enchanted) and [moby's repository](https://github.com/moby/moby). | | [enchanted](/tools/gluonfield-enchanted.md) | [moby](/tools/moby-moby.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Enchanted is iOS and macOS app for chatting with private self hosted language models such as Llama2, Mistral or Vicuna using Ollama. | The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems | | Stars | 5,974 | 71,899 | | Forks | 420 | 19,126 | | Open issues | 111 | 3,821 | | Language | Swift | Go | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | | Categories | Inference & Serving, LLM Frameworks, Speech & Audio | Developer Tools, Inference & Serving, LLM Frameworks | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [enchanted](/tools/gluonfield-enchanted.md) | [moby](/tools/moby-moby.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Active (82%) | Very active (96%) | | Days since push | 7d | 1d | | Open issues (now) | 111 | 3.8k | | Owner type | User | Organization | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/gluonfield-enchanted/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/moby-moby/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### Choose enchanted if… - enchanted is primarily Swift; moby is Go. - Tags unique to enchanted: ios, large-language-model, llama, llama2. - Also covers Speech & Audio. ### Choose moby if… - moby is primarily Go; enchanted is Swift. - Tags unique to moby: containers, docker, go, golang. - Also covers Developer Tools. - moby ships Docker support for self-hosted deployment. ## When NOT to use enchanted - 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. ## 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 enchanted and moby? enchanted: Enchanted is iOS and macOS app for chatting with private self hosted language models such as Llama2, Mistral or Vicuna using Ollama.. 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 enchanted over moby? Choose enchanted over moby when enchanted is primarily Swift; moby is Go; Tags unique to enchanted: ios, large-language-model, llama, llama2; Also covers Speech & Audio. ### When should I choose moby over enchanted? Choose moby over enchanted when moby is primarily Go; enchanted is Swift; Tags unique to moby: containers, docker, go, golang; Also covers Developer Tools; moby ships Docker support for self-hosted deployment. ### When should I avoid enchanted? 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. ### 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 enchanted or moby more popular on GitHub? moby has more GitHub stars (71,899 vs 5,974). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are enchanted and moby open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (enchanted: Apache-2.0, moby: Apache-2.0). ### Where can I find alternatives to enchanted or moby? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [enchanted alternatives](/tools/gluonfield-enchanted/alternatives) and [moby alternatives](/tools/moby-moby/alternatives) ([enchanted markdown twin](/tools/gluonfield-enchanted/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/gluonfield-enchanted-vs-moby-moby.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, enchanted or moby? enchanted: 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 enchanted and moby? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [enchanted trust report](/tools/gluonfield-enchanted/trust); [moby trust report](/tools/moby-moby/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=gluonfield-enchanted`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=gluonfield-enchanted) - 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/_