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lobsters-rails-projectvsOrca

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

lobsters-rails-projectOrca
Score66/10091/100
Rank in category#8 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums#1 of 209 in AI Agents
GitHub stars4 853109 348
Stars, last 30 days+11+9 441
Stable releases, 12 months017
Latest release—v1.4.244 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageRubyTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Orca scores 91/100 against 66/100 for lobsters-rails-project, so it is the safer default.

Orca ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for lobsters-rails-project.

If you want the quickest setup, Orca is easier to run; lobsters-rails-project needs more configuration.

Orca is growing faster right now (+9 441 stars in 30 days).

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