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Backstagevstorqvoice

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

Backstagetorqvoice
Score78/10043/100
Rank in category#8 of 166 in Developer Tools#4 of 5 in Vehicle Management
GitHub stars34 73445
Stars, last 30 days+52+2
Stable releases, 12 months1422
Latest releasev1.57.0-next.0 · 27 Oct 2026v1.2.64 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Backstage scores 78/100 against 43/100 for torqvoice, so it is the safer default.

torqvoice ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 14 for Backstage.

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

Backstage is growing faster right now (+52 stars in 30 days).

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