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Retromvswebstudio

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

Retromwebstudio
Score58/10069/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Emulation#1 of 6 in Website Builder
GitHub stars2 1009 122
Stars, last 30 days+28+142
Stable releases, 12 months1058
Latest releasev0.8.4 · 14 Jun 20260.308.0 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

webstudio scores 69/100 against 58/100 for Retrom, so it is the safer default.

webstudio ships more often: 58 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for Retrom.

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

webstudio is growing faster right now (+142 stars in 30 days).

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