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AFFiNE Community Editionvslila

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AFFiNE Community Editionlila
Score83/10076/100
Rank in category#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management#3 of 62 in Game Servers
GitHub stars73 94318 912
Stars, last 30 days+1 029+152
Stable releases, 12 months40
Latest releasev0.27.4 · 17 Aug 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptScala

Which one should you pick?

AFFiNE Community Edition scores 83/100 against 76/100 for lila, so it is the safer default.

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

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

AFFiNE Community Edition is growing faster right now (+1 029 stars in 30 days).

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