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nocobasevsPolis

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

nocobasePolis
Score78/10054/100
Rank in category#2 of 4 in No-code Platforms#1 of 2 in Surveys
GitHub stars24 7681 221
Stars, last 30 days+422+0
Stable releases, 12 months751
Latest releasev2.2.35 · 28 Oct 2026v2.42.2 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

nocobase scores 78/100 against 54/100 for Polis, so it is the safer default.

nocobase ships more often: 75 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for Polis.

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

nocobase is growing faster right now (+422 stars in 30 days).

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