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

illa-buildertelescope
Score67/10049/100
Rank in category#3 of 17 in Low Code#6 of 13 in Log Management
GitHub stars12 336712
Stars, last 30 days+14—
Stable releases, 12 months05
Latest release—v0.0.27 · 8 May 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

illa-builder scores 67/100 against 49/100 for telescope, so it is the safer default.

telescope ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for illa-builder.

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

illa-builder is growing faster right now (+14 stars in 30 days).

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