Onyx Community EditionvsOvertChat
Two self-hosted Open WebUI alternatives, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| Onyx Community Edition | OvertChat | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 80/100 | 50/100 |
| Rank in category | #5 of 41 in Search Engines | #50 of 110 in Chat |
| GitHub stars | 33 053 | 141 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +824 | +15 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 113 | 24 |
| Latest release | helm/onyx-0.9.25 · 27 Oct 2026 | mobile-v1.21.0 · 27 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes |
| License | Other | MIT |
| Main language | Python | Typescript |
Which one should you pick?
Onyx Community Edition scores 80/100 against 50/100 for OvertChat, so it is the safer default.
Onyx Community Edition ships more often: 113 stable releases in the past year, against 24 for OvertChat.
Onyx Community Edition is growing faster right now (+824 stars in 30 days).
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