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ha-dockermonvstidb

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

ha-dockermontidb
Score43/10080/100
Rank in category#81 of 104 in Home Automation#4 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars28940 685
Stars, last 30 days+0+98
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—v8.5.8 · 27 Aug 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

tidb scores 80/100 against 43/100 for ha-dockermon, so it is the safer default.

tidb ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ha-dockermon.

If you want the quickest setup, ha-dockermon is easier to run; tidb needs more configuration.

tidb is growing faster right now (+98 stars in 30 days).

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