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excalidrawvsTdarr

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

excalidrawTdarr
Score91/10066/100
Rank in category#1 of 9 in Whiteboarding#2 of 18 in Video Processing
GitHub stars134 7964 370
Stars, last 30 days+1 963+38
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev0.18.1 · 21 Apr 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languageTypescriptMakefile

Which one should you pick?

excalidraw scores 91/100 against 66/100 for Tdarr, so it is the safer default.

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

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

excalidraw is growing faster right now (+1 963 stars in 30 days).

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