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nocodbvspolar

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

nocodbpolar
Score81/10071/100
Rank in category#1 of 4 in No-code Platforms#1 of 13 in Billing
GitHub stars65 37510 436
Stars, last 30 days+313+157
Stable releases, 12 months151
Latest release2026.10.0 · 23 Oct 2026@polar-sh/cli@3.0.0 · 16 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

nocodb scores 81/100 against 71/100 for polar, so it is the safer default.

nocodb ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for polar.

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

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