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jupyterhubvsSimpleX Chat

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

jupyterhubSimpleX Chat
Score69/10074/100
Rank in category#3 of 30 in Collaboration#4 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars8 35919 612
Stars, last 30 days+21+142
Stable releases, 12 months012
Latest release—v7.0.4 · 3 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonHaskell

Which one should you pick?

SimpleX Chat scores 74/100 against 69/100 for jupyterhub, so it is the safer default.

SimpleX Chat ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for jupyterhub.

If you want the quickest setup, SimpleX Chat is easier to run; jupyterhub needs more configuration.

SimpleX Chat is growing faster right now (+142 stars in 30 days).

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