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drawdbvsWinter CMS

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

drawdbWinter CMS
Score80/10062/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Diagramming#16 of 42 in Content Management
GitHub stars40 1621 522
Stars, last 30 days+464+2
Stable releases, 12 months07
Latest release—v1.2.14 · 19 Aug 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

drawdb scores 80/100 against 62/100 for Winter CMS, so it is the safer default.

Winter CMS ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for drawdb.

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

drawdb is growing faster right now (+464 stars in 30 days).

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