instantpwa

Comparison

InstantPWA vs PWA Fire (open source)

Starter template, or drop-in hosted layer?

By The InstantPWA team — Product & engineering·Last updated July 8, 2026

PWA Fire is a starter template — you fork the repo and build from there. InstantPWA is stack-agnostic: paste one script into any existing site (WordPress, Shopify, Next.js, Rails) and the install prompt appears.

Works on existing site
InstantPWA
Yes
PWA Fire (open source)
No
Install analytics
InstantPWA
Yes
PWA Fire (open source)
No
Framework-agnostic
InstantPWA
Yes
PWA Fire (open source)
No
Open source
InstantPWA
No
PWA Fire (open source)
Yes
Free
InstantPWA
Yes
PWA Fire (open source)
Yes

When to pick which

Use PWA Fire if you are starting a new project from scratch and want an opinionated PWA template. Use InstantPWA when you already have a site and want to add the install moment without a rebuild.