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beamvsWindows ARM

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

beamWindows ARM
Score61/10061/100
Rank in category#29 of 125 in AI#7 of 15 in Virtualization
GitHub stars1 8342 260
Stars, last 30 days+47—
Stable releases, 12 months36410
Latest releasegateway-0.1.837 · 26 Oct 2026v6.06 · 5 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoBatchfile

Which one should you pick?

beam and Windows ARM score the same (61/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

beam ships more often: 364 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for Windows ARM.

beam is growing faster right now (+47 stars in 30 days).

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