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libre-chatvsLibreChat

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

libre-chatLibreChat
Score38/10085/100
Rank in category#57 of 69 in AI Chat#1 of 69 in AI Chat
GitHub stars17246 424
Stars, last 30 days—+1 616
Stable releases, 12 months06
Latest release—v0.8.8 · 1 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

LibreChat scores 85/100 against 38/100 for libre-chat, so it is the safer default.

LibreChat ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for libre-chat.

LibreChat is growing faster right now (+1 616 stars in 30 days).

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