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AFFiNE Community Editionvssignserver-ce

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AFFiNE Community Editionsignserver-ce
Score83/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management#2 of 2 in PKI
GitHub stars73 956440
Stars, last 30 days+1 010+4
Stable releases, 12 months42
Latest releasev0.27.4 · 17 Aug 2026v7.7.1 · 26 Aug 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherLGPL-2.1
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

AFFiNE Community Edition scores 83/100 against 51/100 for signserver-ce, so it is the safer default.

AFFiNE Community Edition ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for signserver-ce.

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

AFFiNE Community Edition is growing faster right now (+1 010 stars in 30 days).

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