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CasdoorvsThingsboard

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

CasdoorThingsboard
Score78/10076/100
Rank in category#2 of 40 in Authentication#1 of 10 in IoT
GitHub stars14 69422 616
Stars, last 30 days+227+137
Stable releases, 12 months12324
Latest releasev4.24.0 · 25 Oct 2026v4.3.1.8 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageGoJava

Which one should you pick?

Casdoor scores 78/100 against 76/100 for Thingsboard, so it is the safer default.

Casdoor ships more often: 123 stable releases in the past year, against 24 for Thingsboard.

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

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