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hestiavsmilvus

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

hestiamilvus
Score68/10082/100
Rank in category#2 of 10 in Control Panel#3 of 40 in Database Management
GitHub stars4 55246 513
Stars, last 30 days+46+270
Stable releases, 12 months1118
Latest release1.10.5 · 14 Sept 2026v2.6.26 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageShellGo

Which one should you pick?

milvus scores 82/100 against 68/100 for hestia, so it is the safer default.

milvus ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for hestia.

If you want the quickest setup, hestia is easier to run; milvus needs more configuration.

milvus is growing faster right now (+270 stars in 30 days).

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