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illa-buildervsTwake Chat

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

illa-builderTwake Chat
Score67/10046/100
Rank in category#3 of 17 in Low Code#64 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars12 336172
Stars, last 30 days+12+0
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v2.26.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptDart

Which one should you pick?

illa-builder scores 67/100 against 46/100 for Twake Chat, so it is the safer default.

Twake Chat ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for illa-builder.

If you want the quickest setup, Twake Chat 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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