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ChartDBvskeycloak

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

ChartDBkeycloak
Score74/10086/100
Rank in category#7 of 40 in Database Management#1 of 40 in Authentication
GitHub stars23 02637 583
Stars, last 30 days+76+616
Stable releases, 12 months514
Latest releasev1.20.1 · 7 Apr 202626.8.1 · 13 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

keycloak scores 86/100 against 74/100 for ChartDB, so it is the safer default.

keycloak ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for ChartDB.

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

keycloak is growing faster right now (+616 stars in 30 days).

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