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nocobasevsswarm-cronjob

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

nocobaseswarm-cronjob
Score78/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 4 in No-code Platforms#20 of 26 in Automation
GitHub stars24 774888
Stars, last 30 days+428+0
Stable releases, 12 months763
Latest releasev2.2.36 · 29 Oct 2026v1.16.1 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

nocobase scores 78/100 against 51/100 for swarm-cronjob, so it is the safer default.

nocobase ships more often: 76 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for swarm-cronjob.

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

nocobase is growing faster right now (+428 stars in 30 days).

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