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gpt-researchervsVirtual Radar Server

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

gpt-researcherVirtual Radar Server
Score80/10049/100
Rank in category#5 of 69 in AI Chat#6 of 9 in Mapping & GPS
GitHub stars30 363315
Stars, last 30 days+751+0
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest releasev3.7.0 · 26 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

gpt-researcher scores 80/100 against 49/100 for Virtual Radar Server, so it is the safer default.

gpt-researcher ships more often: 13 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Virtual Radar Server.

gpt-researcher is growing faster right now (+751 stars in 30 days).

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