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CMS Made SimplevsZero-K

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

CMS Made SimpleZero-K
Score64/10062/100
Rank in category#11 of 42 in Content Management#2 of 23 in Gaming
GitHub stars—877
Stars, last 30 days—+26
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-2.0GPL-2.0
Main language—Lua

Which one should you pick?

CMS Made Simple scores 64/100 against 62/100 for Zero-K, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, Zero-K is easier to run; CMS Made Simple needs more configuration.

Zero-K is growing faster right now (+26 stars in 30 days).

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