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altchavsVert

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

altchaVert
Score63/10071/100
Rank in category#2 of 4 in Anti-Spam#2 of 10 in File Conversion
GitHub stars2 85816 176
Stars, last 30 days+82+543
Stable releases, 12 months180
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Vert scores 71/100 against 63/100 for altcha, so it is the safer default.

altcha ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Vert.

If you want the quickest setup, Vert is easier to run; altcha needs more configuration.

Vert is growing faster right now (+543 stars in 30 days).

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