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deer-flowvsPlant-it

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

deer-flowPlant-it
Score86/10052/100
Rank in category#5 of 209 in AI Agents#7 of 15 in Home Management
GitHub stars84 6341 376
Stars, last 30 days+1 686+0
Stable releases, 12 months21
Latest releasev2.1.0 · 24 Sept 20261.0.1 · 20 Jan 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonDart

Which one should you pick?

deer-flow scores 86/100 against 52/100 for Plant-it, so it is the safer default.

deer-flow ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for Plant-it.

If you want the quickest setup, Plant-it is easier to run; deer-flow needs more configuration.

deer-flow is growing faster right now (+1 686 stars in 30 days).

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