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coolifyvsSwizGuard

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

coolifySwizGuard
Score89/10042/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Platform as a Service#46 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars65 229232
Stars, last 30 days+2 984+0
Stable releases, 12 months450
Latest releasev4.5.3 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languagePHPShell

Which one should you pick?

coolify scores 89/100 against 42/100 for SwizGuard, so it is the safer default.

coolify ships more often: 45 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SwizGuard.

coolify is growing faster right now (+2 984 stars in 30 days).

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