selfhost.directory

The index of self-hostable projects — ranked, categorized and served with live updates.
Own your data and stop giving it to big tech.

iTopvsSurrealDB

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

iTopSurrealDB
Score60/10077/100
Rank in category#2 of 3 in IT Management#5 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars1 21133 242
Stars, last 30 days+0+175
Stable releases, 12 months422
Latest release3.2.3-3 · 16 Oct 2026v3.3.5 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languagePHPRust

Which one should you pick?

SurrealDB scores 77/100 against 60/100 for iTop, so it is the safer default.

SurrealDB ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for iTop.

If you want the quickest setup, SurrealDB is easier to run; iTop needs more configuration.

SurrealDB is growing faster right now (+175 stars in 30 days).

Swap a project

Keep iTop, compare it with
Keep SurrealDB, compare it with