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FingerprintJS vs Fingerprint Identification

Side by side, as alternatives to Fingerprint Identification. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

FingerprintJSfingerprintjs/fingerprintjs
Fingerprint Identificationpaid product
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
Free up to 1,000 web API calls/month; Pro Plus $99/month for 20K calls, then $4 per 1,000; Enterprise custom source ↗
Returning visitor identification
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Fraud and account-abuse prevention
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Bot
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
2 of 3 jobs
All 3
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
28,619
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Gain this week
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
9
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Latest release
v5.3.0 · 2026-10-07
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Commits / 12 wk
18
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People committing / 12 mo
11
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
2 / 0
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?
Confirmed: Runs entirely in the visitor's browser on your own site; no server or account needed
Hosted by the vendor
Code licence
Confirmed: MIT (from v5.0.0; v4.x was BSL-1.1)
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Model weights licence
Confirmed: No separate model weights
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Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes, MIT from v5.0.0; stay off v4.x, whose BSL-1.1 licence bars production use
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Paid services needed?
Partial: None required; the paid Fingerprint Identification API adds higher accuracy and Smart Signals
Subscription
Hardware
Confirmed: No server; runs in any modern browser your visitors already use
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Operating systems
Confirmed: Any modern browser on Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile; it is a JavaScript library, not an app
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Setup effort
Confirmed: Easy; npm install or a CDN import, then FingerprintJS.load() and fp.get()
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Stars over time

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  • FingerprintJS
28,61927,734 2025-10-272026-10-21 Tracked daily begins 2026-10-21FingerprintJS, 2025-10-27: 27,815 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2025-11-03: 27,844 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2025-11-10: 27,867 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2025-11-17: 27,886 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2025-11-24: 27,910 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2025-12-01: 27,931 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2025-12-08: 27,960 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2025-12-15: 27,981 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2025-12-22: 27,996 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2025-12-29: 28,012 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-01-05: 28,042 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-01-12: 28,061 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-01-19: 28,072 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-01-26: 28,096 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-02-02: 28,113 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-02-09: 28,128 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-02-16: 28,137 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-02-23: 28,182 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-03-02: 28,198 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-03-09: 28,205 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-03-16: 28,210 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-03-23: 28,215 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-03-30: 28,223 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-04-06: 28,234 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-04-13: 28,245 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-04-20: 28,256 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-04-27: 28,264 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-05-04: 28,273 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-05-11: 28,280 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-05-18: 28,282 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-06-01: 28,283 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-06-08: 28,286 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-06-22: 28,287 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-06-29: 28,291 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-07-06: 28,292 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-07-13: 28,294 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-07-27: 28,296 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-08-03: 28,298 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-08-17: 28,300 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-08-24: 28,301 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-08-31: 28,344 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-09-07: 28,381 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-09-14: 28,435 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-09-21: 28,473 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-09-28: 28,512 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-10-05: 28,550 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-10-12: 28,605 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-10-19: 28,619 stars, estimated from public star recordsFingerprintJS, 2026-10-21: 28,619 stars, tracked
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