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retroassemblyvsThesys

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

retroassemblyThesys
Score56/10041/100
Rank in category#5 of 5 in Emulation#5 of 5 in Research
GitHub stars1 153177
Stars, last 30 days+72+0
Stable releases, 12 months35
Latest releasev7.260719.1051 · 19 Jul 2026v0.4.0 · 23 Sept 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

retroassembly scores 56/100 against 41/100 for Thesys, so it is the safer default.

Thesys ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for retroassembly.

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

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

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