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retroassemblyvsswarm-cronjob

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

retroassemblyswarm-cronjob
Score56/10051/100
Rank in category#5 of 5 in Emulation#20 of 26 in Automation
GitHub stars1 153888
Stars, last 30 days+72+0
Stable releases, 12 months33
Latest releasev7.260719.1051 · 19 Jul 2026v1.16.1 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

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retroassembly scores 56/100 against 51/100 for swarm-cronjob, so it is the safer default.

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

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