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Appwritevsxpipe-webtop

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

Appwritexpipe-webtop
Score84/10070/100
Rank in category#1 of 15 in Backend as a Service#5 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars57 78814 632
Stars, last 30 days+336+76
Stable releases, 12 months1735
Latest release1.9.10 · 24 Oct 202624.9 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

Appwrite scores 84/100 against 70/100 for xpipe-webtop, so it is the safer default.

xpipe-webtop ships more often: 35 stable releases in the past year, against 17 for Appwrite.

If you want the quickest setup, xpipe-webtop is easier to run; Appwrite needs more configuration.

Appwrite is growing faster right now (+336 stars in 30 days).

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