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multicavsWhirl

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

multicaWhirl
Score84/10052/100
Rank in category#10 of 125 in AI#23 of 69 in AI Chat
GitHub stars54 130510
Stars, last 30 days+2 888—
Stable releases, 12 months870
Latest releasev0.7.1 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

multica scores 84/100 against 52/100 for Whirl, so it is the safer default.

multica ships more often: 87 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Whirl.

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

multica is growing faster right now (+2 888 stars in 30 days).

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