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cobaltvsTerraforming Mars

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

cobaltTerraforming Mars
Score83/10062/100
Rank in category#1 of 45 in Download Management#4 of 14 in Gaming
GitHub stars45 597961
Stars, last 30 days+1 787+9
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageSvelteTypescript

Which one should you pick?

cobalt scores 83/100 against 62/100 for Terraforming Mars, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, cobalt is easier to run; Terraforming Mars needs more configuration.

cobalt is growing faster right now (+1 787 stars in 30 days).

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