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Mesheryvsnext-ai-draw-io

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

Mesherynext-ai-draw-io
Score73/10079/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Kubernetes#2 of 12 in Diagramming
GitHub stars12 07336 465
Stars, last 30 days+52+439
Stable releases, 12 months1211
Latest releasev1.0.74 · 22 Oct 2026v0.5.0 · 10 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

next-ai-draw-io scores 79/100 against 73/100 for Meshery, so it is the safer default.

Meshery ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for next-ai-draw-io.

If you want the quickest setup, next-ai-draw-io is easier to run; Meshery needs more configuration.

next-ai-draw-io is growing faster right now (+439 stars in 30 days).

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