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cephvsOpenFan Controller

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

cephOpenFan Controller
Score78/10050/100
Rank in category#1 of 7 in Distributed Storage#63 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars17 177321
Stars, last 30 days+108—
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—2026-10-09 · 9 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageCCSS

Which one should you pick?

ceph scores 78/100 against 50/100 for OpenFan Controller, so it is the safer default.

OpenFan Controller ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for ceph.

If you want the quickest setup, OpenFan Controller is easier to run; ceph needs more configuration.

ceph is growing faster right now (+108 stars in 30 days).

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