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illa-buildervsMakersVault

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

illa-builderMakersVault
Score67/10045/100
Rank in category#3 of 17 in Low Code#26 of 34 in File Management
GitHub stars12 337252
Stars, last 30 days+15—
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v5 · 1 Jan 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

illa-builder scores 67/100 against 45/100 for MakersVault, so it is the safer default.

MakersVault ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for illa-builder.

If you want the quickest setup, MakersVault is easier to run; illa-builder needs more configuration.

illa-builder is growing faster right now (+15 stars in 30 days).

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