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emisarvsisms-builder

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

emisarisms-builder
Score47/10045/100
Rank in category#62 of 123 in AI#6 of 8 in Compliance
GitHub stars330257
Stars, last 30 days+0+1
Stable releases, 12 months1215
Latest releasev0.55.0 · 29 Oct 2026v1.81.2 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageElixirJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

emisar scores 47/100 against 45/100 for isms-builder, so it is the safer default.

isms-builder ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 12 for emisar.

isms-builder is growing faster right now (+1 stars in 30 days).

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