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aperturevsElmo

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

apertureElmo
Score31/10052/100
Rank in category#118 of 125 in AI—
GitHub stars29519
Stars, last 30 days+1—
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v0.7.6 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Elmo scores 52/100 against 31/100 for aperture, so it is the safer default.

Elmo ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for aperture.

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

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