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retroassemblyvsZealot

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

retroassemblyZealot
Score56/10055/100
Rank in category#5 of 5 in Emulation#17 of 28 in CI/CD
GitHub stars1 1531 367
Stars, last 30 days+72+0
Stable releases, 12 months33
Latest releasev7.260719.1051 · 19 Jul 20266.2.2 · 25 Jul 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptRuby

Which one should you pick?

retroassembly scores 56/100 against 55/100 for Zealot, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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