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SOLECTRUSvstidb

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

SOLECTRUStidb
Score51/10080/100
Rank in category#20 of 51 in Monitoring & observability#4 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars16640 687
Stars, last 30 days+0+100
Stable releases, 12 months122
Latest releasev1.3.4 · 12 Oct 2026v8.5.8 · 27 Aug 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageRubyGo

Which one should you pick?

tidb scores 80/100 against 51/100 for SOLECTRUS, so it is the safer default.

SOLECTRUS ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for tidb.

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

tidb is growing faster right now (+100 stars in 30 days).

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