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

exoMakersVault
Score77/10045/100
Rank in category#5 of 25 in LLM Inference#26 of 34 in File Management
GitHub stars48 072252
Stars, last 30 days+449—
Stable releases, 12 months71
Latest releasev1.0.71 · 23 Apr 2026v5 · 1 Jan 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

exo scores 77/100 against 45/100 for MakersVault, so it is the safer default.

exo ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for MakersVault.

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

exo is growing faster right now (+449 stars in 30 days).

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