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AFFiNE Community EditionvsShow Me The Story

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

AFFiNE Community EditionShow Me The Story
Score83/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management#47 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars73 935631
Stars, last 30 days+1 021—
Stable releases, 12 months410
Latest releasev0.27.4 · 17 Aug 2026v4.0.2 · 4 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

AFFiNE Community Edition scores 83/100 against 47/100 for Show Me The Story, so it is the safer default.

Show Me The Story ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for AFFiNE Community Edition.

If you want the quickest setup, Show Me The Story is easier to run; AFFiNE Community Edition needs more configuration.

AFFiNE Community Edition is growing faster right now (+1 021 stars in 30 days).

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