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drawdbvstiledesk

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

drawdbtiledesk
Score80/10051/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Diagramming#46 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars40 168324
Stars, last 30 days+470+0
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—1.2.1 · 6 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptMustache

Which one should you pick?

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

tiledesk ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for drawdb.

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

drawdb is growing faster right now (+470 stars in 30 days).

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