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AFFiNE Community Editionvsswarm-cronjob

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AFFiNE Community Editionswarm-cronjob
Score83/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 42 in Knowledge Management#20 of 26 in Automation
GitHub stars73 948888
Stars, last 30 days+1 002+0
Stable releases, 12 months43
Latest releasev0.27.4 · 17 Aug 2026v1.16.1 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

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

AFFiNE Community Edition ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for swarm-cronjob.

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

AFFiNE Community Edition is growing faster right now (+1 002 stars in 30 days).

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