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excalidrawvsZenphotoCMS

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

excalidrawZenphotoCMS
Score91/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 9 in Whiteboarding#8 of 19 in Photo Galleries
GitHub stars134 780318
Stars, last 30 days+1 947+0
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev0.18.1 · 21 Apr 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITOther
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

excalidraw scores 91/100 against 52/100 for ZenphotoCMS, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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