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Shieldsvssignetai

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

Shieldssignetai
Score80/10049/100
Rank in category#6 of 166 in Developer Tools#47 of 120 in AI Assistant
GitHub stars27 331314
Stars, last 30 days+125+0
Stable releases, 12 months030
Latest release—v0.238.0 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Shields scores 80/100 against 49/100 for signetai, so it is the safer default.

signetai ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shields.

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

Shields is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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