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StackRendervsApache Tika

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

StackRenderApache Tika
Score50/10068/100
Rank in category#34 of 40 in Database Management#1 of 2 in Data Extraction
GitHub stars5554 114
Stars, last 30 days+0+15
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev1.4.0 · 10 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

Apache Tika scores 68/100 against 50/100 for StackRender, so it is the safer default.

StackRender ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Apache Tika.

Apache Tika is growing faster right now (+15 stars in 30 days).

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