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altchavssetup-ipsec-vpn

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

altchasetup-ipsec-vpn
Score63/10078/100
Rank in category#2 of 4 in Anti-Spam#3 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars2 85828 885
Stars, last 30 days+82+319
Stable releases, 12 months180
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITOther
Main languageTypescriptShell

Which one should you pick?

setup-ipsec-vpn scores 78/100 against 63/100 for altcha, so it is the safer default.

altcha ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for setup-ipsec-vpn.

If you want the quickest setup, setup-ipsec-vpn is easier to run; altcha needs more configuration.

setup-ipsec-vpn is growing faster right now (+319 stars in 30 days).

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