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crowdsecvsSurrealDB

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

crowdsecSurrealDB
Score76/10078/100
Rank in category#10 of 78 in Security#5 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars15 36033 241
Stars, last 30 days+413+183
Stable releases, 12 months821
Latest releasev1.8.2 · 26 Oct 2026v3.3.4 · 19 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languageGoRust

Which one should you pick?

SurrealDB scores 78/100 against 76/100 for crowdsec, so it is the safer default.

SurrealDB ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for crowdsec.

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

crowdsec is growing faster right now (+413 stars in 30 days).

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