# Flarum vs stable-diffusion-webui

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

| | Flarum | stable-diffusion-webui |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 69/100 | 89/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #6 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums | #1 of 11 in Image Generation |
| GitHub stars | 6 764 | 165 175 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +12 | +70 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 12 ✓ | 0 |
| Latest release | v1.8.21 · 23 Oct 2026 | — |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | No |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Main language | PHP | Python |

## Which one should you pick?

stable-diffusion-webui scores 89/100 against 69/100 for Flarum, so it is the safer default.

Flarum ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for stable-diffusion-webui.

stable-diffusion-webui is growing faster right now (+70 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [Flarum](https://selfhost.directory/project/flarum) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/flarum.md)
- [stable-diffusion-webui](https://selfhost.directory/project/stable-diffusion-webui) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/stable-diffusion-webui.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/flarum-vs-stable-diffusion-webui