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CookCLIvsTerraforming Mars

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

CookCLITerraforming Mars
Score61/10062/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Recipe Management#4 of 14 in Gaming
GitHub stars1 423961
Stars, last 30 days+32+9
Stable releases, 12 months210
Latest releasev0.39.0 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageRustTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Terraforming Mars scores 62/100 against 61/100 for CookCLI, so it is the safer default.

CookCLI ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Terraforming Mars.

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

CookCLI is growing faster right now (+32 stars in 30 days).

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