chromavsText Generation WebUI
Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| chroma | Text Generation WebUI | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 79/100 | 76/100 |
| Rank in category | #2 of 5 in Vector Database | #6 of 69 in AI Chat |
| GitHub stars | 29 600 | 47 724 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +231 | +17 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 7 | 10 |
| Latest release | latest · 24 Jun 2026 | v4.9 · 20 May 2026 |
| Setup | Easy | Easy |
| Official Docker image | Yes | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Rust | Python |
Which one should you pick?
chroma scores 79/100 against 76/100 for Text Generation WebUI, so it is the safer default.
Text Generation WebUI ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for chroma.
chroma is growing faster right now (+231 stars in 30 days).
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