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ChartDBvsTRAWL

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

ChartDBTRAWL
Score74/10056/100
Rank in category#7 of 40 in Database Management#11 of 16 in Web Scraping
GitHub stars23 0301 082
Stars, last 30 days+80+2
Stable releases, 12 months510
Latest releasev1.20.1 · 7 Apr 2026v1.9.3 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

ChartDB scores 74/100 against 56/100 for TRAWL, so it is the safer default.

TRAWL ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for ChartDB.

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

ChartDB is growing faster right now (+80 stars in 30 days).

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