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drawdbvsWavelog

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

drawdbWavelog
Score80/10060/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Diagramming#1 of 4 in Amateur Radio
GitHub stars40 161580
Stars, last 30 days+463+39
Stable releases, 12 months019
Latest release—3.2.4 · 13 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

drawdb scores 80/100 against 60/100 for Wavelog, so it is the safer default.

Wavelog ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for drawdb.

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

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

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