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netbirdvsnext-ai-draw-io

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

netbirdnext-ai-draw-io
Score81/10079/100
Rank in category#2 of 56 in VPN#2 of 12 in Diagramming
GitHub stars30 30836 469
Stars, last 30 days+840+443
Stable releases, 12 months4011
Latest releasev0.81.5 · 26 Oct 2026v0.5.0 · 10 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

netbird scores 81/100 against 79/100 for next-ai-draw-io, so it is the safer default.

netbird ships more often: 40 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; netbird needs more configuration.

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