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milvusvsShellHub

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

milvusShellHub
Score82/10064/100
Rank in category#3 of 40 in Database Management#12 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars46 5192 243
Stars, last 30 days+270+175
Stable releases, 12 months189
Latest releasev2.6.26 · 23 Oct 2026v0.28.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

milvus scores 82/100 against 64/100 for ShellHub, so it is the safer default.

milvus ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for ShellHub.

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

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