GLPI vs Snipe-IT
GLPI and Snipe-IT are both asset management software. GLPI is open source under GPL-3.0, with 6.5k GitHub stars. Snipe-IT is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 15k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick GLPI when
- An IT department wants a free, self-hosted helpdesk and asset register and is comfortable with a PHP application.
- Pick Snipe-IT when
- Your IT team needs to know who has which laptop and licence, self-hosted or on the paid hosted plan.
Side by side
IT asset management and ITIL service desk in one: inventory of computers and software, licences, contracts, tickets, changes and a knowledge base.
A web app for tracking IT assets, software licences, accessories and consumables, with check-in and check-out to staff, audits and reports.
Configuration is deep and the interface takes training; some plugins and hosted options are sold by Teclib.
Self-hosting means maintaining a Laravel app with MySQL or MariaDB, and AGPL applies to modifications.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server and cloud service (both)
PHP, Symfony, Vue and MySQL
PHP, Laravel and MariaDB
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft)
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
6.5k GitHub stars
15k GitHub stars
Established: started 11 years ago, latest release 12.0.1.
Established: started 13 years ago, latest release v8.8.3.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.