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lilavsPostgREST

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

lilaPostgREST
Score76/10079/100
Rank in category#3 of 62 in Game Servers#2 of 13 in API
GitHub stars18 90927 732
Stars, last 30 days+149+54
Stable releases, 12 months020
Latest release—v16.5 · 18 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageScalaHaskell

Which one should you pick?

PostgREST scores 79/100 against 76/100 for lila, so it is the safer default.

PostgREST ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for lila.

If you want the quickest setup, PostgREST is easier to run; lila needs more configuration.

lila is growing faster right now (+149 stars in 30 days).

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