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nocobasevsDeta Surf

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

nocobaseDeta Surf
Score78/10059/100
Rank in category#2 of 4 in No-code Platforms#21 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars24 7773 613
Stars, last 30 days+431+0
Stable releases, 12 months760
Latest releasev2.2.36 · 29 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

nocobase scores 78/100 against 59/100 for Deta Surf, so it is the safer default.

nocobase ships more often: 76 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Deta Surf.

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

nocobase is growing faster right now (+431 stars in 30 days).

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