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Apache HTTP ServervsNovu

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

Apache HTTP ServerNovu
Score74/10076/100
Rank in category#3 of 12 in Web Servers#2 of 19 in Notifications
GitHub stars—40 220
Stars, last 30 days—+160
Stable releases, 12 months012
Latest release—@novu/framework@v2.14.0 · 28 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main language—Typescript

Which one should you pick?

Novu scores 76/100 against 74/100 for Apache HTTP Server, so it is the safer default.

Novu ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Apache HTTP Server.

Novu is growing faster right now (+160 stars in 30 days).

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