selfhost.directory

The index of self-hostable projects — ranked, categorized and served with live updates.
Own your data and stop giving it to big tech.

budibasevslurker

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

budibaselurker
Score74/10041/100
Rank in category#2 of 17 in Low Code#63 of 85 in Feed Reader
GitHub stars28 365327
Stars, last 30 days+65—
Stable releases, 12 months750
Latest releasev3.51.0-cloud.7 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptPug

Which one should you pick?

budibase scores 74/100 against 41/100 for lurker, so it is the safer default.

budibase ships more often: 75 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for lurker.

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

budibase is growing faster right now (+65 stars in 30 days).

Swap a project

Keep budibase, compare it with
Keep lurker, compare it with