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dotcraftvsInvokeAI

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

dotcraftInvokeAI
Score50/10082/100
Rank in category#40 of 120 in AI Assistant#2 of 11 in Image Generation
GitHub stars40628 903
Stars, last 30 days—+623
Stable releases, 12 months2213
Latest releasev0.9.7 · 28 Oct 2026v6.14.2 · 27 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageC#Typescript

Which one should you pick?

InvokeAI scores 82/100 against 50/100 for dotcraft, so it is the safer default.

dotcraft ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for InvokeAI.

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

InvokeAI is growing faster right now (+623 stars in 30 days).

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