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Bitfocus Companionvsopen·kritt

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

Bitfocus Companionopen·kritt
Score67/10062/100
Rank in category#10 of 104 in Home Automation#24 of 78 in Security
GitHub stars2 3442 379
Stars, last 30 days+45+0
Stable releases, 12 months205
Latest releasev5.1.1 · 21 Oct 2026v1.4.1 · 16 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Bitfocus Companion scores 67/100 against 62/100 for open·kritt, so it is the safer default.

Bitfocus Companion ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for open·kritt.

Bitfocus Companion is growing faster right now (+45 stars in 30 days).

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