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UrbitvsWhisper-WebUI

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

UrbitWhisper-WebUI
Score63/10062/100
Rank in category#3 of 8 in Operating System#3 of 6 in Transcription
GitHub stars3 6222 899
Stars, last 30 days+5+15
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest release408k-2 · 4 Aug 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagehoonPython

Which one should you pick?

Urbit scores 63/100 against 62/100 for Whisper-WebUI, so it is the safer default.

Urbit ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Whisper-WebUI.

If you want the quickest setup, Whisper-WebUI is easier to run; Urbit needs more configuration.

Whisper-WebUI is growing faster right now (+15 stars in 30 days).

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