selfhost.directory

The index of self-hostable projects — ranked, categorized and served with live updates.
Own your data and stop giving it to big tech.

CookCLIvsWavelog

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

CookCLIWavelog
Score61/10060/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Recipe Management#1 of 4 in Amateur Radio
GitHub stars1 424580
Stars, last 30 days+33+39
Stable releases, 12 months2119
Latest releasev0.39.0 · 24 Oct 20263.2.4 · 13 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageRustPHP

Which one should you pick?

CookCLI scores 61/100 against 60/100 for Wavelog, so it is the safer default.

CookCLI ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 19 for Wavelog.

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

Swap a project

Keep CookCLI, compare it with
Keep Wavelog, compare it with