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OpenELIS GlobalvsWordPress

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

OpenELIS GlobalWordPress
Score54/10081/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Healthcare#2 of 42 in Content Management
GitHub stars27821 508
Stars, last 30 days+0+76
Stable releases, 12 months80
Latest release3.3.0 · 20 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMPL-2.0Other
Main languageJavaPHP

Which one should you pick?

WordPress scores 81/100 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 0 for WordPress.

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

WordPress is growing faster right now (+76 stars in 30 days).

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