# Mail-in-a-Box vs stable-diffusion-webui

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

| | Mail-in-a-Box | stable-diffusion-webui |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 72/100 | 89/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #3 of 16 in Mail Server | #1 of 11 in Image Generation |
| GitHub stars | 15 447 | 165 171 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +29 | +80 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 4 ✓ | 0 |
| Latest release | v77 · 26 Sept 2026 | — |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate ✓ |
| Official Docker image | No | No |
| License | CC0-1.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Python | Python |

## Which one should you pick?

stable-diffusion-webui scores 89/100 against 72/100 for Mail-in-a-Box, so it is the safer default.

Mail-in-a-Box ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for stable-diffusion-webui.

stable-diffusion-webui is growing faster right now (+80 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [Mail-in-a-Box](https://selfhost.directory/project/mail-in-a-box) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/mail-in-a-box.md)
- [stable-diffusion-webui](https://selfhost.directory/project/stable-diffusion-webui) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/stable-diffusion-webui.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/mail-in-a-box-vs-stable-diffusion-webui