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Deta Surfvstemporal

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

Deta Surftemporal
Score59/10082/100
Rank in category#21 of 81 in Notes & Editors#1 of 1 in Workflow
GitHub stars3 61324 065
Stars, last 30 days+0+787
Stable releases, 12 months011
Latest release—v1.30.8 · 12 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

temporal scores 82/100 against 59/100 for Deta Surf, so it is the safer default.

temporal ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Deta Surf.

If you want the quickest setup, Deta Surf is easier to run; temporal needs more configuration.

temporal is growing faster right now (+787 stars in 30 days).

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