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Whisper-WebUIvsWindsurfAPI

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

Whisper-WebUIWindsurfAPI
Score62/10030/100
Rank in category#3 of 6 in Transcription#122 of 125 in AI
GitHub stars2 8993 111
Stars, last 30 days+15+1
Stable releases, 12 months08
Latest release—v3.141.592657 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerate—
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languagePythonJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Whisper-WebUI scores 62/100 against 30/100 for WindsurfAPI, so it is the safer default.

WindsurfAPI ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Whisper-WebUI.

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

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