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AFFiNE Community EditionvsSandstorm

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

AFFiNE Community EditionSandstorm
Score83/10065/100
Rank in category#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management#1 of 5 in Web Hosting
GitHub stars73 9497 078
Stars, last 30 days+1 003+1
Stable releases, 12 months40
Latest releasev0.27.4 · 17 Aug 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

AFFiNE Community Edition scores 83/100 against 65/100 for Sandstorm, so it is the safer default.

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

AFFiNE Community Edition is growing faster right now (+1 003 stars in 30 days).

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