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excalidrawvspikvm

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

excalidrawpikvm
Score91/10072/100
Rank in category#1 of 9 in Whiteboarding#3 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars134 78810 425
Stars, last 30 days+1 955+67
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev0.18.1 · 21 Apr 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescript—

Which one should you pick?

excalidraw scores 91/100 against 72/100 for pikvm, so it is the safer default.

excalidraw ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for pikvm.

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

excalidraw is growing faster right now (+1 955 stars in 30 days).

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