# dograh vs parlant

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

| | dograh | parlant |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 70/100 | 72/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #1 of 11 in Voice Assistants | #22 of 209 in AI Agents |
| GitHub stars | 5 979 | 18 311 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +255 ✓ | +22 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 22 ✓ | 5 |
| Latest release | dograh-v1.49.0 · 12 Oct 2026 ✓ | v3.3.2 · 28 Apr 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate ✓ | Advanced |
| Official Docker image | Yes ✓ | No |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Python | Python |

## Which one should you pick?

parlant scores 72/100 against 70/100 for dograh, so it is the safer default.

dograh ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for parlant.

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

dograh is growing faster right now (+255 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [dograh](https://selfhost.directory/project/dograh) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/dograh.md)
- [parlant](https://selfhost.directory/project/parlant) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/parlant.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/dograh-vs-parlant