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bettercapvsilla-builder

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

bettercapilla-builder
Score76/10067/100
Rank in category#1 of 15 in Network Security#3 of 17 in Low Code
GitHub stars20 21312 336
Stars, last 30 days+189+12
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev2.41.7 · 11 May 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

bettercap scores 76/100 against 67/100 for illa-builder, so it is the safer default.

bettercap ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for illa-builder.

If you want the quickest setup, bettercap is easier to run; illa-builder needs more configuration.

bettercap is growing faster right now (+189 stars in 30 days).

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