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CookCLIvsOpenFamily

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

CookCLIOpenFamily
Score61/10052/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Recipe Management#7 of 15 in Home Management
GitHub stars1 423199
Stars, last 30 days+33—
Stable releases, 12 months2110
Latest releasev0.39.0 · 24 Oct 2026v1.9.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageRustTypescript

Which one should you pick?

CookCLI scores 61/100 against 52/100 for OpenFamily, so it is the safer default.

CookCLI ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for OpenFamily.

If you want the quickest setup, CookCLI is easier to run; OpenFamily needs more configuration.

CookCLI is growing faster right now (+33 stars in 30 days).

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