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drawdbvsWeechat

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

drawdbWeechat
Score80/10070/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Diagramming#8 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars40 1603 417
Stars, last 30 days+469+24
Stable releases, 12 months012
Latest release—v4.10.1 · 5 Sept 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptC

Which one should you pick?

drawdb scores 80/100 against 70/100 for Weechat, so it is the safer default.

Weechat ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for drawdb.

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

drawdb is growing faster right now (+469 stars in 30 days).

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