# SST vs Winglang

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** SST

| Attribute | SST | Winglang |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 51.5 (55% (medium)) | 46.2 (57% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 1 | 28 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 2 |
| adoption.github_stars | 26,353 | 5,402 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 1,193,915 | 311 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A framework that defines and deploys complete applications with a single TypeScript config file, automating infrastructure setup for databases, APIs, web servers, and cloud services. It is indexed under Infrastructure as Code Tools.","source":"https://sst.dev","question":"What is SST?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SST is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://sst.dev","question":"Is SST free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SST supports Windows and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://sst.dev","question":"What platforms does SST support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for SST, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://sst.dev","question":"Can SST be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 14 integrations for SST, including AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, AWS RDS Aurora, AWS ElastiCache Redis, AWS ECS Fargate, AWS CloudFront, AWS SES and AWS Cognito, plus 6 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://sst.dev","question":"What does SST integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. SST is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/sst/sst","question":"Is SST open source?","confidence":0.99}]` | `[{"answer":"Wing is an open-source language purpose-built for cloud-native development. It enables developers to define both infrastructure and application logic in a single language, with support for local testing via a simulator and deployment to any cloud provider. It is indexed under Infrastructure as Code Tools.","source":"https://www.winglang.io","question":"What is Winglang?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Winglang is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.winglang.io","question":"Is Winglang free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Winglang supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.winglang.io","question":"What platforms does Winglang support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Winglang can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.winglang.io","question":"Can Winglang be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Winglang is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/winglang","question":"Is Winglang open source?","confidence":0.85}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A framework that defines and deploys complete applications with a single TypeScript config file, automating infrastructure setup for databases, APIs, web servers, and cloud services. | An open-source language enabling developers to write cloud infrastructure and runtime code together in a unified model, with local testing capabilities and multi-cloud deployment support |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","language":"TypeScript","paradigm":"declarative_dsl","multicloud":false,"policy_as_code":false,"drift_detection":false,"import_existing":true,"state_management":"vendor_managed","open_source_engine":true,"provider_ecosystem":true,"gitops_reconciliation":false,"managed_saas_offering":true}` | `{"hosting":"self","language":"Wing","paradigm":"general_language","multicloud":true,"policy_as_code":true,"open_source_engine":true,"provider_ecosystem":true,"managed_saas_offering":true}` |
| integrations.count | 14 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS API Gateway"},{"name":"AWS RDS Aurora"},{"name":"AWS ElastiCache Redis"},{"name":"AWS ECS Fargate"},{"name":"AWS CloudFront"},{"name":"AWS SES"},{"name":"AWS Cognito"},{"name":"PlanetScale"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"Next.js"},{"name":"Astro"},{"name":"Rails"},{"name":"Hono"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"Terraform","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | MIT | MIT |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://sst.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:34:53.986Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.winglang.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:04:28.915Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 1 | 2 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40risekit.io%2Fsst&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40winglang%2Fsdk&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Infrastructure as Code Tools)

| Capability | SST | Winglang |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Paradigm | Declarative DSL | General language |
| Language | TypeScript | Wing |
| **Portability** |  |  |
| Multicloud / cloud-agnostic | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| State management | Vendor-managed | - |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| Pluggable provider ecosystem | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Governance** |  |  |
| Policy as code | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Drift detection | ✗ | - |
| GitOps continuous reconciliation | ✗ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Managed SaaS offering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Self-hosted only |
| **Adoption** |  |  |
| Import existing resources | ✓ | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source engine | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| CNCF maturity | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:59:02.561Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*