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CasaOSvsnginx-proxy

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

CasaOSnginx-proxy
Score76/10076/100
Rank in category#1 of 22 in Home Server#3 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars37 38919 937
Stars, last 30 days+135+19
Stable releases, 12 months011
Latest release—1.11.6 · 16 Jul 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

CasaOS and nginx-proxy score the same (76/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

nginx-proxy ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CasaOS.

CasaOS is growing faster right now (+135 stars in 30 days).

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