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NextChatvsWhatomate

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

NextChatWhatomate
Score81/10053/100
Rank in category#12 of 125 in AI#37 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars88 9111 751
Stars, last 30 days+105—
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

NextChat scores 81/100 against 53/100 for Whatomate, so it is the safer default.

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

NextChat is growing faster right now (+105 stars in 30 days).

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