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drawdbvsexcalidraw-self-hosted

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

drawdbexcalidraw-self-hosted
Score80/10040/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Diagramming#9 of 9 in Whiteboarding
GitHub stars40 161168
Stars, last 30 days+463+0
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaScript—

Which one should you pick?

drawdb scores 80/100 against 40/100 for excalidraw-self-hosted, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, drawdb is easier to run; excalidraw-self-hosted needs more configuration.

drawdb is growing faster right now (+463 stars in 30 days).

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