# juice-shop vs SurrealDB

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

| | juice-shop | SurrealDB |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 81/100 ✓ | 77/100 |
| Rank in category | #3 of 78 in Security | #5 of 38 in Databases |
| GitHub stars | 14 271 | 33 242 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +328 ✓ | +175 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 9 | 22 ✓ |
| Latest release | v20.3.0 · 11 Oct 2026 | v3.3.5 · 29 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Easy ✓ | Easy |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Main language | Typescript | Rust |

## Which one should you pick?

juice-shop scores 81/100 against 77/100 for SurrealDB, so it is the safer default.

SurrealDB ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for juice-shop.

## Details

- [juice-shop](https://selfhost.directory/project/juice-shop) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/juice-shop.md)
- [SurrealDB](https://selfhost.directory/project/surrealdb) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/surrealdb.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/juice-shop-vs-surrealdb