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Apache HTTP ServervsOctoBot

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

Apache HTTP ServerOctoBot
Score74/10069/100
Rank in category#3 of 12 in Web Servers#6 of 42 in Cryptocurrency
GitHub stars—6 874
Stars, last 30 days—+267
Stable releases, 12 months05
Latest release—2.1.1 · 30 Mar 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main language—Python

Which one should you pick?

Apache HTTP Server scores 74/100 against 69/100 for OctoBot, so it is the safer default.

OctoBot ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Apache HTTP Server.

If you want the quickest setup, OctoBot is easier to run; Apache HTTP Server needs more configuration.

OctoBot is growing faster right now (+267 stars in 30 days).

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