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ChartDBvsTidal Echo

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

ChartDBTidal Echo
Score74/10047/100
Rank in category#7 of 40 in Database Management#61 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars23 027329
Stars, last 30 days+77+0
Stable releases, 12 months50
Latest releasev1.20.1 · 7 Apr 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptHTML

Which one should you pick?

ChartDB scores 74/100 against 47/100 for Tidal Echo, so it is the safer default.

ChartDB ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Tidal Echo.

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

ChartDB is growing faster right now (+77 stars in 30 days).

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