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ColanodevsGoatDB

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

ColanodeGoatDB
Score58/10048/100
Rank in category#9 of 30 in Collaboration#31 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars5 182583
Stars, last 30 days+31+1
Stable releases, 12 months83
Latest releasev0.4.7 · 3 Apr 2026v0.6.1 · 1 Sept 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Colanode scores 58/100 against 48/100 for GoatDB, so it is the safer default.

Colanode ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for GoatDB.

Colanode is growing faster right now (+31 stars in 30 days).

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