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Orange Intelligencevstidb

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

Orange Intelligencetidb
Score36/10080/100
Rank in category#11 of 15 in Productivity#4 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars15740 687
Stars, last 30 days+0+100
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—v8.5.8 · 27 Aug 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

tidb scores 80/100 against 36/100 for Orange Intelligence, so it is the safer default.

tidb ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Orange Intelligence.

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

tidb is growing faster right now (+100 stars in 30 days).

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