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tidbvsTwake Chat

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

tidbTwake Chat
Score80/10046/100
Rank in category#4 of 38 in Databases#64 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars40 685172
Stars, last 30 days+98+0
Stable releases, 12 months210
Latest releasev8.5.8 · 27 Aug 2026v2.26.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoDart

Which one should you pick?

tidb scores 80/100 against 46/100 for Twake Chat, so it is the safer default.

Twake Chat ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for tidb.

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

tidb is growing faster right now (+98 stars in 30 days).

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