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amurex-backendvsAnythingLLM

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

amurex-backendAnythingLLM
Score37/10088/100
Rank in category#99 of 120 in AI Assistant#2 of 120 in AI Assistant
GitHub stars14567 682
Stars, last 30 days—+1 296
Stable releases, 12 months018
Latest release—v1.19.0 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

AnythingLLM scores 88/100 against 37/100 for amurex-backend, so it is the safer default.

AnythingLLM ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for amurex-backend.

If you want the quickest setup, AnythingLLM is easier to run; amurex-backend needs more configuration.

AnythingLLM is growing faster right now (+1 296 stars in 30 days).

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