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refrefvsShields

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

refrefShields
Score44/10080/100
Rank in category#11 of 12 in Marketing Automation#6 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars23927 331
Stars, last 30 days+0+125
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Shields scores 80/100 against 44/100 for refref, so it is the safer default.

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

Shields is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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