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altchavsSunshine

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

altchaSunshine
Score63/10084/100
Rank in category#2 of 4 in Anti-Spam#2 of 22 in Remote Desktop
GitHub stars2 85942 779
Stars, last 30 days+83+1 263
Stable releases, 12 months1886
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 22 Oct 2026v2026.1028.122642 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptC

Which one should you pick?

Sunshine scores 84/100 against 63/100 for altcha, so it is the safer default.

Sunshine ships more often: 86 stable releases in the past year, against 18 for altcha.

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

Sunshine is growing faster right now (+1 263 stars in 30 days).

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