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ChronoFramevsShellHub

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

ChronoFrameShellHub
Score63/10064/100
Rank in category#8 of 41 in Photo Management#12 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars1 9642 243
Stars, last 30 days+32+175
Stable releases, 12 months39
Latest releasev1.0.2 · 21 Oct 2026v0.28.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

ShellHub scores 64/100 against 63/100 for ChronoFrame, so it is the safer default.

ShellHub ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for ChronoFrame.

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

ShellHub is growing faster right now (+175 stars in 30 days).

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