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etcdvsMyDuck Server

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

etcdMyDuck Server
Score83/10049/100
Rank in category#2 of 38 in Databases#30 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars52 432594
Stars, last 30 days+125—
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev3.7.3 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

etcd scores 83/100 against 49/100 for MyDuck Server, so it is the safer default.

etcd ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for MyDuck Server.

etcd is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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