flowise-aivsOrca
Two self-hosted AI Agents projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| flowise-ai | Orca | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 74/100 | 91/100 |
| Rank in category | #22 of 209 in AI Agents | #1 of 209 in AI Agents |
| GitHub stars | 55 561 | 118 935 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +72 | +19 028 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 5 | 29 |
| Latest release | flowise@3.1.4 · 29 Jul 2026 | v1.4.253 · 7 Nov 2026 |
| Setup | Easy | Easy |
| Official Docker image | Yes | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Main language | Typescript | Typescript |
Which one should you pick?
Orca scores 91/100 against 74/100 for flowise-ai, so it is the safer default.
Orca ships more often: 29 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for flowise-ai.
Orca is growing faster right now (+19 028 stars in 30 days).
flowise-ai is archived, so it won't get fixes. Prefer the other one for anything long-lived.
Key differences
- License: flowise-ai is Apache-2.0, Orca is MIT.
- Only flowise-ai ships an official Docker image.
- Platforms only flowise-ai lists: Docker, Kubernetes, Node.js.
- Platforms only Orca lists: iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.
- Features only flowise-ai lists: Broad LLM/vector-store support, Custom MCP tool support, Execution traces and metrics, Horizontal scaling with queue and 6 more.
- Features only Orca lists: Commit & push from app, Computer use, Diff annotation & AI code review, Embedded browser with Design Mode and 9 more.
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