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ActivepiecesvsOpenMES

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

ActivepiecesOpenMES
Score81/10047/100
Rank in category#4 of 32 in Workflow Automation#4 of 4 in Industrial IoT
GitHub stars25 264178
Stars, last 30 days+564—
Stable releases, 12 months3710
Latest release0.92.3-hotfix.2 · 28 Oct 2026v0.27.0 · 14 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

Activepieces scores 81/100 against 47/100 for OpenMES, so it is the safer default.

Activepieces ships more often: 37 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for OpenMES.

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

Activepieces is growing faster right now (+564 stars in 30 days).

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