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Apache CassandravsJmalCloud

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

Apache CassandraJmalCloud
Score74/10048/100
Rank in category#8 of 38 in Databases#10 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars10 126881
Stars, last 30 days+24—
Stable releases, 12 months09
Latest release—v2.16.9 · 4 Aug 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Apache Cassandra scores 74/100 against 48/100 for JmalCloud, so it is the safer default.

JmalCloud ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Apache Cassandra.

If you want the quickest setup, JmalCloud is easier to run; Apache Cassandra needs more configuration.

Apache Cassandra is growing faster right now (+24 stars in 30 days).

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