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hydrogen-webvsLibreChat

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

hydrogen-webLibreChat
Score48/10085/100
Rank in category#56 of 110 in Chat#1 of 69 in AI Chat
GitHub stars71446 430
Stars, last 30 days—+1 622
Stable releases, 12 months06
Latest release—v0.8.8 · 1 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

LibreChat scores 85/100 against 48/100 for hydrogen-web, so it is the safer default.

LibreChat ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for hydrogen-web.

LibreChat is growing faster right now (+1 622 stars in 30 days).

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