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Drawnixvsexcalidraw-self-hosted

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

Drawnixexcalidraw-self-hosted
Score65/10040/100
Rank in category#6 of 12 in Diagramming#9 of 9 in Whiteboarding
GitHub stars14 995168
Stars, last 30 days+34—
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev0.4.0 · 19 Apr 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescript—

Which one should you pick?

Drawnix scores 65/100 against 40/100 for excalidraw-self-hosted, so it is the safer default.

Drawnix ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for excalidraw-self-hosted.

If you want the quickest setup, Drawnix is easier to run; excalidraw-self-hosted needs more configuration.

Drawnix is growing faster right now (+34 stars in 30 days).

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