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textsnapvstidb

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

textsnaptidb
Score45/10080/100
Rank in category#8 of 12 in Document Processing#4 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars19640 688
Stars, last 30 days+0+101
Stable releases, 12 months22
Latest releasev0.4.0 · 29 Sept 2026v8.5.8 · 27 Aug 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

tidb scores 80/100 against 45/100 for textsnap, so it is the safer default.

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

tidb is growing faster right now (+101 stars in 30 days).

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