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pwnflowvsSurrealDB

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

pwnflowSurrealDB
Score44/10078/100
Rank in category#56 of 78 in Security#5 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars28133 241
Stars, last 30 days—+183
Stable releases, 12 months022
Latest release—v3.3.5 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageTypescriptRust

Which one should you pick?

SurrealDB scores 78/100 against 44/100 for pwnflow, so it is the safer default.

SurrealDB ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for pwnflow.

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

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

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