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CELERITY-panelvsNginx Proxy Manager

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

CELERITY-panelNginx Proxy Manager
Score49/10082/100
Rank in category#16 of 25 in Proxy#2 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars21934 570
Stars, last 30 days+0+343
Stable releases, 12 months1711
Latest releasev1.6.19 · 26 Oct 2026v2.16.0 · 24 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Nginx Proxy Manager scores 82/100 against 49/100 for CELERITY-panel, so it is the safer default.

CELERITY-panel ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for Nginx Proxy Manager.

If you want the quickest setup, Nginx Proxy Manager is easier to run; CELERITY-panel needs more configuration.

Nginx Proxy Manager is growing faster right now (+343 stars in 30 days).

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