# grocy vs SurrealDB

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

| | grocy | SurrealDB |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 75/100 | 77/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #2 of 15 in Home Management | #5 of 38 in Databases |
| GitHub stars | 9 626 | 33 244 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +101 | +177 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 3 | 22 ✓ |
| Latest release | v4.7.1 · 4 Sept 2026 | v3.3.5 · 29 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Easy ✓ | Easy |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Main language | Blade | Rust |

## Which one should you pick?

SurrealDB scores 77/100 against 75/100 for grocy, so it is the safer default.

SurrealDB ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for grocy.

## Details

- [grocy](https://selfhost.directory/project/grocy) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/grocy.md)
- [SurrealDB](https://selfhost.directory/project/surrealdb) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/surrealdb.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/grocy-vs-surrealdb