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code-servervsUmbraco CMS

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

code-serverUmbraco CMS
Score83/10071/100
Rank in category#3 of 166 in Developer Tools#7 of 42 in Content Management
GitHub stars79 7265 278
Stars, last 30 days+328+23
Stable releases, 12 months3027
Latest releasev4.143.1 · 23 Oct 2026release-13.16.4 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptC

Which one should you pick?

code-server scores 83/100 against 71/100 for Umbraco CMS, so it is the safer default.

code-server ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 27 for Umbraco CMS.

code-server is growing faster right now (+328 stars in 30 days).

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