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norishvstidb

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

norishtidb
Score61/10080/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Recipe Management#4 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars1 42240 685
Stars, last 30 days+194+104
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—v8.5.8 · 27 Aug 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

tidb scores 80/100 against 61/100 for norish, so it is the safer default.

tidb ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for norish.

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

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