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CaddyvsPgHero

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

CaddyPgHero
Score90/10066/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Web Servers#1 of 2 in Performance monitoring
GitHub stars78 5178 941
Stars, last 30 days+2 482+11
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasev2.11.7 · 3 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoRuby

Which one should you pick?

Caddy scores 90/100 against 66/100 for PgHero, so it is the safer default.

Caddy ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for PgHero.

Caddy is growing faster right now (+2 482 stars in 30 days).

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