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tidbvsUniBoard

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

tidbUniBoard
Score80/10046/100
Rank in category#4 of 38 in Databases#28 of 38 in Personal Productivity
GitHub stars40 686242
Stars, last 30 days+99+0
Stable releases, 12 months23
Latest releasev8.5.8 · 27 Aug 20260.6.2 · 12 Jul 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoVue

Which one should you pick?

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

UniBoard ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for tidb.

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

tidb is growing faster right now (+99 stars in 30 days).

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