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cloudseedervsSurrealDB

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

cloudseederSurrealDB
Score42/10078/100
Rank in category#13 of 20 in Application Management#5 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars19933 241
Stars, last 30 days—+183
Stable releases, 12 months021
Latest release—v3.3.4 · 19 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageShellRust

Which one should you pick?

SurrealDB scores 78/100 against 42/100 for cloudseeder, so it is the safer default.

SurrealDB ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for cloudseeder.

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

SurrealDB is growing faster right now (+183 stars in 30 days).

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