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retroassemblyvsDeta Surf

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

retroassemblyDeta Surf
Score56/10059/100
Rank in category#5 of 5 in Emulation#21 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars1 1533 613
Stars, last 30 days+72+0
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasev7.260719.1051 · 19 Jul 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Deta Surf scores 59/100 against 56/100 for retroassembly, so it is the safer default.

retroassembly ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Deta Surf.

retroassembly is growing faster right now (+72 stars in 30 days).

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