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CookCLIvsVert

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

CookCLIVert
Score61/10071/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Recipe Management#2 of 10 in File Conversion
GitHub stars1 42316 166
Stars, last 30 days+33+536
Stable releases, 12 months210
Latest releasev0.39.0 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageRustTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Vert scores 71/100 against 61/100 for CookCLI, so it is the safer default.

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

Vert is growing faster right now (+536 stars in 30 days).

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