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sphinx-relayvstidb

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

sphinx-relaytidb
Score44/10080/100
Rank in category#71 of 110 in Chat#4 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars24740 685
Stars, last 30 days—+104
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—v8.5.8 · 27 Aug 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

tidb scores 80/100 against 44/100 for sphinx-relay, so it is the safer default.

tidb ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for sphinx-relay.

tidb is growing faster right now (+104 stars in 30 days).

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