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Open Data CapturevsVert

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

Open Data CaptureVert
Score47/10071/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Data Collection#2 of 10 in File Conversion
GitHub stars11916 175
Stars, last 30 days+0+542
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev2.5.2 · 25 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Vert scores 71/100 against 47/100 for Open Data Capture, so it is the safer default.

Open Data Capture ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Vert.

If you want the quickest setup, Vert is easier to run; Open Data Capture needs more configuration.

Vert is growing faster right now (+542 stars in 30 days).

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