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OpenELIS GlobalvsStrapi

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

OpenELIS GlobalStrapi
Score54/10085/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Healthcare#1 of 13 in Headless CMS
GitHub stars27873 400
Stars, last 30 days+0+170
Stable releases, 12 months831
Latest release3.3.0 · 20 Oct 2026v5.60.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMPL-2.0Other
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Strapi scores 85/100 against 54/100 for OpenELIS Global, so it is the safer default.

Strapi ships more often: 31 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for OpenELIS Global.

Strapi is growing faster right now (+170 stars in 30 days).

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