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openpanel-covsSurrealDB

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

openpanel-coSurrealDB
Score55/10078/100
Rank in category#6 of 10 in Control Panel#5 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars76633 241
Stars, last 30 days+16+183
Stable releases, 12 months1922
Latest release2.0.19 · 27 Oct 2026v3.3.5 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageGoRust

Which one should you pick?

SurrealDB scores 78/100 against 55/100 for openpanel-co, so it is the safer default.

SurrealDB ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 19 for openpanel-co.

If you want the quickest setup, SurrealDB is easier to run; openpanel-co needs more configuration.

SurrealDB is growing faster right now (+183 stars in 30 days).

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