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illa-buildervsPanWatch

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

illa-builderPanWatch
Score67/10062/100
Rank in category#3 of 17 in Low Code#3 of 9 in Fintech
GitHub stars12 3362 269
Stars, last 30 days+14+118
Stable releases, 12 months012
Latest release—0.20.0 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

illa-builder scores 67/100 against 62/100 for PanWatch, so it is the safer default.

PanWatch ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for illa-builder.

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

PanWatch is growing faster right now (+118 stars in 30 days).

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