# LFX Community Data Platform vs QGIS

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

| | LFX Community Data Platform | QGIS |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 30/100 | 81/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #5 of 5 in Data Analysis | #1 of 8 in Geospatial |
| GitHub stars | 3 373 | 14 728 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | +107 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 0 | 10 ✓ |
| Latest release | — | final-4_2_3 · 28 Sept 2026 |
| Setup | — | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-2.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | C++ |

## Which one should you pick?

QGIS scores 81/100 against 30/100 for LFX Community Data Platform, so it is the safer default.

QGIS ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for LFX Community Data Platform.

QGIS is growing faster right now (+107 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [LFX Community Data Platform](https://selfhost.directory/project/crowd-dev) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/crowd-dev.md)
- [QGIS](https://selfhost.directory/project/qgis) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/qgis.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/crowd-dev-vs-qgis