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drawdbvskeycloak

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

drawdbkeycloak
Score80/10086/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Diagramming#1 of 40 in Authentication
GitHub stars40 16037 583
Stars, last 30 days+469+616
Stable releases, 12 months014
Latest release—26.8.1 · 13 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageJavaScriptJava

Which one should you pick?

keycloak scores 86/100 against 80/100 for drawdb, so it is the safer default.

keycloak ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for drawdb.

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

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