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AnyAppStartvshot-updater

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

AnyAppStarthot-updater
Score42/10062/100
Rank in category#13 of 20 in Application Management#1 of 20 in Application Management
GitHub stars2131 797
Stars, last 30 days—+68
Stable releases, 12 months047
Latest release—v1.1.4 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITOther
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

hot-updater scores 62/100 against 42/100 for AnyAppStart, so it is the safer default.

hot-updater ships more often: 47 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for AnyAppStart.

If you want the quickest setup, AnyAppStart is easier to run; hot-updater needs more configuration.

hot-updater is growing faster right now (+68 stars in 30 days).

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