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ht-mcpvsOrca

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

ht-mcpOrca
Score42/10091/100
Rank in category#122 of 166 in Developer Tools#1 of 209 in AI Agents
GitHub stars217108 958
Stars, last 30 days—+9 051
Stable releases, 12 months015
Latest release—v1.4.243 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageRustTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Orca scores 91/100 against 42/100 for ht-mcp, so it is the safer default.

Orca ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ht-mcp.

Orca is growing faster right now (+9 051 stars in 30 days).

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