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Drupal CommercevsSurrealDB

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

Drupal CommerceSurrealDB
Score63/10077/100
Rank in category#14 of 27 in E-commerce#5 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars—33 243
Stars, last 30 days—+176
Stable releases, 12 months022
Latest release—v3.3.5 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-2.0Other
Main language—Rust

Which one should you pick?

SurrealDB scores 77/100 against 63/100 for Drupal Commerce, so it is the safer default.

SurrealDB ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Drupal Commerce.

If you want the quickest setup, SurrealDB is easier to run; Drupal Commerce needs more configuration.

SurrealDB is growing faster right now (+176 stars in 30 days).

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