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CloudPanelvsSandstorm

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

CloudPanelSandstorm
Score58/10065/100
Rank in category#5 of 10 in Control Panel#1 of 5 in Web Hosting
GitHub stars1 8997 078
Stars, last 30 days+24+1
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev2.5.4 · 1 Jul 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
License—Other
Main language—JavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Sandstorm scores 65/100 against 58/100 for CloudPanel, so it is the safer default.

CloudPanel ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Sandstorm.

CloudPanel is growing faster right now (+24 stars in 30 days).

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