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milvusvssink

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

milvussink
Score82/10068/100
Rank in category#3 of 40 in Database Management#5 of 23 in URL Shortener
GitHub stars46 5147 242
Stars, last 30 days+271+87
Stable releases, 12 months1813
Latest releasev2.6.26 · 23 Oct 2026v0.3.1 · 27 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

milvus scores 82/100 against 68/100 for sink, so it is the safer default.

milvus ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for sink.

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

milvus is growing faster right now (+271 stars in 30 days).

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