# daily-stars-explorer vs Ollama

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

| | daily-stars-explorer | Ollama |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 47/100 | 95/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #98 of 166 in Developer Tools | #1 of 25 in LLM Inference |
| GitHub stars | 411 | 185 124 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | +3 576 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 2 | 50 ✓ |
| Latest release | v0.1.0 · 8 Feb 2026 | v0.40.12 · 27 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Easy | Easy |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Main language | JavaScript | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

Ollama scores 95/100 against 47/100 for daily-stars-explorer, so it is the safer default.

Ollama ships more often: 50 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for daily-stars-explorer.

Ollama is growing faster right now (+3 576 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [daily-stars-explorer](https://selfhost.directory/project/daily-stars-explorer) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/daily-stars-explorer.md)
- [Ollama](https://selfhost.directory/project/ollama) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/ollama.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/daily-stars-explorer-vs-ollama