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next-ai-draw-iovsStalwart Mail Server

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

next-ai-draw-ioStalwart Mail Server
Score79/10078/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Diagramming#2 of 16 in Mail Server
GitHub stars36 46615 462
Stars, last 30 days+440+678
Stable releases, 12 months1131
Latest releasev0.5.0 · 10 Oct 2026v1.0.1 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0-only AND LicenseRef-SEL
Main languageTypescriptRust

Which one should you pick?

next-ai-draw-io scores 79/100 against 78/100 for Stalwart Mail Server, so it is the safer default.

Stalwart Mail Server ships more often: 31 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; Stalwart Mail Server needs more configuration.

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