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collinsvsLXC

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

collinsLXC
Score50/10070/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Infrastructure#1 of 2 in Containers
GitHub stars5745 288
Stars, last 30 days—+24
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—v7.0.0 · 30 Apr 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageScalaC

Which one should you pick?

LXC scores 70/100 against 50/100 for collins, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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