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OpenELIS GlobalvsSurrealDB

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

OpenELIS GlobalSurrealDB
Score54/10077/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Healthcare#5 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars27833 245
Stars, last 30 days+0+178
Stable releases, 12 months822
Latest release3.3.0 · 20 Oct 2026v3.3.5 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMPL-2.0Other
Main languageJavaRust

Which one should you pick?

SurrealDB scores 77/100 against 54/100 for OpenELIS Global, so it is the safer default.

SurrealDB ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for OpenELIS Global.

If you want the quickest setup, SurrealDB is easier to run; OpenELIS Global needs more configuration.

SurrealDB is growing faster right now (+178 stars in 30 days).

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