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OrcavsShow Me The Story

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

OrcaShow Me The Story
Score91/10047/100
Rank in category#1 of 209 in AI Agents#47 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars109 139631
Stars, last 30 days+9 232+0
Stable releases, 12 months1510
Latest releasev1.4.243 · 28 Oct 2026v4.0.2 · 4 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

Orca scores 91/100 against 47/100 for Show Me The Story, so it is the safer default.

Orca ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for Show Me The Story.

Orca is growing faster right now (+9 232 stars in 30 days).

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