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AFFiNE Community EditionvsRocket.Chat

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

AFFiNE Community EditionRocket.Chat
Score83/10082/100
Rank in category#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management#1 of 13 in Instant Messaging
GitHub stars73 94046 348
Stars, last 30 days+1 026+187
Stable releases, 12 months436
Latest releasev0.27.4 · 17 Aug 20268.5.4 · 16 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

AFFiNE Community Edition scores 83/100 against 82/100 for Rocket.Chat, so it is the safer default.

Rocket.Chat ships more often: 36 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for AFFiNE Community Edition.

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

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