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JSON CrackvsQGIS

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

JSON CrackQGIS
Score79/10081/100
Rank in category#1 of 7 in Data Visualization#1 of 8 in Geospatial
GitHub stars44 56314 728
Stars, last 30 days+114+107
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest releasev5.0.0 · 11 Mar 2026final-4_2_3 · 28 Sept 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-2.0
Main languageTypescriptC++

Which one should you pick?

QGIS scores 81/100 against 79/100 for JSON Crack, so it is the safer default.

QGIS ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for JSON Crack.

If you want the quickest setup, JSON Crack is easier to run; QGIS needs more configuration.

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