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etcdvstiledesk

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

etcdtiledesk
Score83/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 38 in Databases#46 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars52 431325
Stars, last 30 days+121+1
Stable releases, 12 months121
Latest releasev3.7.3 · 22 Oct 20261.2.1 · 6 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoMustache

Which one should you pick?

etcd scores 83/100 against 51/100 for tiledesk, so it is the safer default.

etcd ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for tiledesk.

If you want the quickest setup, etcd is easier to run; tiledesk needs more configuration.

etcd is growing faster right now (+121 stars in 30 days).

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