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cobaltvsUtopia

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

cobaltUtopia
Score83/10057/100
Rank in category#1 of 45 in Download Management#15 of 42 in Knowledge Management
GitHub stars45 5978 598
Stars, last 30 days+1 813—
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageSvelteRust

Which one should you pick?

cobalt scores 83/100 against 57/100 for Utopia, so it is the safer default.

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

cobalt is growing faster right now (+1 813 stars in 30 days).

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