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next-ai-draw-ioPolis
Score79/10054/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Diagramming#1 of 2 in Surveys
GitHub stars36 4851 221
Stars, last 30 days+450+0
Stable releases, 12 months111
Latest releasev0.5.0 · 10 Oct 2026v2.42.2 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

next-ai-draw-io scores 79/100 against 54/100 for Polis, so it is the safer default.

next-ai-draw-io ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for Polis.

If you want the quickest setup, next-ai-draw-io is easier to run; Polis needs more configuration.

next-ai-draw-io is growing faster right now (+450 stars in 30 days).

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