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element-webvsTipi

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

element-webTipi
Score75/10071/100
Rank in category#2 of 33 in Communication#3 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars13 6219 709
Stars, last 30 days+119+33
Stable releases, 12 months175
Latest releasev1.12.33 · 27 Oct 2026v4.11.0 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

element-web scores 75/100 against 71/100 for Tipi, so it is the safer default.

element-web ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for Tipi.

If you want the quickest setup, Tipi is easier to run; element-web needs more configuration.

element-web is growing faster right now (+119 stars in 30 days).

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