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MesheryvsDeta Surf

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

MesheryDeta Surf
Score73/10059/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Kubernetes#21 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars12 0813 613
Stars, last 30 days+60+0
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev1.0.74 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Meshery scores 73/100 against 59/100 for Deta Surf, so it is the safer default.

Meshery ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Deta Surf.

If you want the quickest setup, Deta Surf is easier to run; Meshery needs more configuration.

Meshery is growing faster right now (+60 stars in 30 days).

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