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ElmovsLimelit Open

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

ElmoLimelit Open
Score52/10045/100
Rank in category—#74 of 125 in AI
GitHub stars517223
Stars, last 30 days——
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev0.7.6 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

Elmo scores 52/100 against 45/100 for Limelit Open, so it is the safer default.

Elmo ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Limelit Open.

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