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nocobasevsWhirl

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

nocobaseWhirl
Score78/10052/100
Rank in category#2 of 4 in No-code Platforms#23 of 69 in AI Chat
GitHub stars24 769510
Stars, last 30 days+423+0
Stable releases, 12 months750
Latest releasev2.2.35 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

nocobase scores 78/100 against 52/100 for Whirl, so it is the safer default.

nocobase ships more often: 75 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Whirl.

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

nocobase is growing faster right now (+423 stars in 30 days).

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