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Argillavsscalar

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

Argillascalar
Score64/10076/100
Rank in category#2 of 3 in Data Collection#3 of 13 in API
GitHub stars5 18516 336
Stars, last 30 days+63+147
Stable releases, 12 months046
Latest release—release-2026-10-28-0d01943 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

scalar scores 76/100 against 64/100 for Argilla, so it is the safer default.

scalar ships more often: 46 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Argilla.

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

scalar is growing faster right now (+147 stars in 30 days).

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