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JoplinvsVirtual Radar Server

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

JoplinVirtual Radar Server
Score83/10049/100
Rank in category#2 of 81 in Notes & Editors#6 of 9 in Mapping & GPS
GitHub stars56 920315
Stars, last 30 days+440+0
Stable releases, 12 months180
Latest releasev3.7.22 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageTypescriptC

Which one should you pick?

Joplin scores 83/100 against 49/100 for Virtual Radar Server, so it is the safer default.

Joplin ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Virtual Radar Server.

Joplin is growing faster right now (+440 stars in 30 days).

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