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OpenELIS Globalvstidb

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

OpenELIS Globaltidb
Score54/10080/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Healthcare#4 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars27840 685
Stars, last 30 days+0+98
Stable releases, 12 months82
Latest release3.3.0 · 20 Oct 2026v8.5.8 · 27 Aug 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMPL-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageJavaGo

Which one should you pick?

tidb scores 80/100 against 54/100 for OpenELIS Global, so it is the safer default.

OpenELIS Global ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for tidb.

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

tidb is growing faster right now (+98 stars in 30 days).

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