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capjsvssupabase

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

capjssupabase
Score72/10092/100
Rank in category#15 of 78 in Security#1 of 40 in Database Management
GitHub stars8 201114 271
Stars, last 30 days+349+3 523
Stable releases, 12 months168
Latest releasestandalone@3.1.13 · 23 Sept 2026v1.26.08 · 7 Aug 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

supabase scores 92/100 against 72/100 for capjs, so it is the safer default.

capjs ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for supabase.

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

supabase is growing faster right now (+3 523 stars in 30 days).

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