# cState vs Web Rendering Proxy (WRP)

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

| | cState | Web Rendering Proxy (WRP) |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 62/100 ✓ | 53/100 |
| Rank in category | #7 of 51 in Monitoring & observability | #11 of 25 in Proxy |
| GitHub stars | 2 901 ✓ | 1 306 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +6 ✓ | +0 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 2 | 4 ✓ |
| Latest release | v7-r1 · 17 Oct 2026 ✓ | 4.10.3 · 23 Apr 2026 |
| Setup | Easy | Easy ✓ |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | HTML | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

cState scores 62/100 against 53/100 for Web Rendering Proxy (WRP), so it is the safer default.

Web Rendering Proxy (WRP) ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for cState.

cState is growing faster right now (+6 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [cState](https://selfhost.directory/project/cstate) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/cstate.md)
- [Web Rendering Proxy (WRP)](https://selfhost.directory/project/wrp) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/wrp.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/cstate-vs-wrp