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ChartDBvsparlant

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

ChartDBparlant
Score74/10072/100
Rank in category#7 of 40 in Database Management#22 of 209 in AI Agents
GitHub stars23 02918 311
Stars, last 30 days+79+21
Stable releases, 12 months55
Latest releasev1.20.1 · 7 Apr 2026v3.3.2 · 28 Apr 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

ChartDB scores 74/100 against 72/100 for parlant, so it is the safer default.

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

ChartDB is growing faster right now (+79 stars in 30 days).

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