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excalidrawvssmart-sec-cam

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

excalidrawsmart-sec-cam
Score91/10043/100
Rank in category#1 of 9 in Whiteboarding#29 of 36 in Video Streaming
GitHub stars134 780255
Stars, last 30 days+1 947+0
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev0.18.1 · 21 Apr 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

excalidraw scores 91/100 against 43/100 for smart-sec-cam, so it is the safer default.

excalidraw ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for smart-sec-cam.

If you want the quickest setup, excalidraw is easier to run; smart-sec-cam needs more configuration.

excalidraw is growing faster right now (+1 947 stars in 30 days).

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