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AFFiNE Community EditionvsDumbPad

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

AFFiNE Community EditionDumbPad
Score83/10049/100
Rank in category#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management#41 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars73 940473
Stars, last 30 days+1 026—
Stable releases, 12 months40
Latest releasev0.27.4 · 17 Aug 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

AFFiNE Community Edition scores 83/100 against 49/100 for DumbPad, so it is the safer default.

AFFiNE Community Edition ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for DumbPad.

If you want the quickest setup, DumbPad is easier to run; AFFiNE Community Edition needs more configuration.

AFFiNE Community Edition is growing faster right now (+1 026 stars in 30 days).

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