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AstrBotvsSwizGuard

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

AstrBotSwizGuard
Score88/10042/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#46 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars44 503232
Stars, last 30 days+3 571—
Stable releases, 12 months220
Latest releasev4.29.3 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonShell

Which one should you pick?

AstrBot scores 88/100 against 42/100 for SwizGuard, so it is the safer default.

AstrBot ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SwizGuard.

AstrBot is growing faster right now (+3 571 stars in 30 days).

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