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illa-buildervsThe-One-File

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

illa-builderThe-One-File
Score67/10052/100
Rank in category#3 of 17 in Low Code#18 of 34 in Network Management
GitHub stars12 336548
Stars, last 30 days+12+0
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—TOFV-2.0 · 7 Jun 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageTypescriptHTML

Which one should you pick?

illa-builder scores 67/100 against 52/100 for The-One-File, so it is the safer default.

The-One-File ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for illa-builder.

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

illa-builder is growing faster right now (+12 stars in 30 days).

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