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Duix.Avatarvsopenpencil

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

Duix.Avataropenpencil
Score68/10073/100
Rank in category#20 of 125 in AI#2 of 7 in Design
GitHub stars16 1279 394
Stars, last 30 days+130+809
Stable releases, 12 months014
Latest release—v0.16.0 · 14 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageCTypescript

Which one should you pick?

openpencil scores 73/100 against 68/100 for Duix.Avatar, so it is the safer default.

openpencil ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Duix.Avatar.

If you want the quickest setup, openpencil is easier to run; Duix.Avatar needs more configuration.

openpencil is growing faster right now (+809 stars in 30 days).

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