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drawdbvstesserae

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

drawdbtesserae
Score80/10051/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Diagramming#14 of 44 in Dashboard
GitHub stars40 176984
Stars, last 30 days+478+2
Stable releases, 12 months078
Latest release—v0.480.0 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

drawdb scores 80/100 against 51/100 for tesserae, so it is the safer default.

tesserae ships more often: 78 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for drawdb.

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

drawdb is growing faster right now (+478 stars in 30 days).

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