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brainrotguardvsCasaOS

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

brainrotguardCasaOS
Score49/10076/100
Rank in category#10 of 22 in Home Server#1 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars39637 390
Stars, last 30 days—+136
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev1.33.0 · 29 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

CasaOS scores 76/100 against 49/100 for brainrotguard, so it is the safer default.

brainrotguard ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CasaOS.

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

CasaOS is growing faster right now (+136 stars in 30 days).

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