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AFFiNE Community Editionvssphinx-relay

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AFFiNE Community Editionsphinx-relay
Score83/10044/100
Rank in category#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management#71 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars73 940247
Stars, last 30 days+1 026—
Stable releases, 12 months40
Latest releasev0.27.4 · 17 Aug 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

AFFiNE Community Edition scores 83/100 against 44/100 for sphinx-relay, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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