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chromavsrestic-rest-server

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

chromarestic-rest-server
Score79/10060/100
Rank in category#2 of 5 in Vector Database#18 of 46 in Backup
GitHub stars29 5951 531
Stars, last 30 days+231+35
Stable releases, 12 months70
Latest releaselatest · 24 Jun 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0BSD-2-Clause
Main languageRustGo

Which one should you pick?

chroma scores 79/100 against 60/100 for restic-rest-server, so it is the safer default.

chroma ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for restic-rest-server.

chroma is growing faster right now (+231 stars in 30 days).

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