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Show Me The StoryvsVert

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

Show Me The StoryVert
Score47/10071/100
Rank in category#47 of 81 in Notes & Editors#2 of 10 in File Conversion
GitHub stars63116 172
Stars, last 30 days+0+539
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev4.0.2 · 4 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Vert scores 71/100 against 47/100 for Show Me The Story, so it is the safer default.

Show Me The Story ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Vert.

Vert is growing faster right now (+539 stars in 30 days).

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