# cState vs Zigbee2MQTT

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

| | cState | Zigbee2MQTT |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 62/100 | 76/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #7 of 51 in Monitoring & observability | #5 of 104 in Home Automation |
| GitHub stars | 2 901 | 15 762 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +6 | +98 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 2 | 15 ✓ |
| Latest release | v7-r1 · 17 Oct 2026 ✓ | 2.14.2 · 1 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Easy ✓ | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Main language | HTML | Typescript |

## Which one should you pick?

Zigbee2MQTT scores 76/100 against 62/100 for cState, so it is the safer default.

Zigbee2MQTT ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for cState.

If you want the quickest setup, cState is easier to run; Zigbee2MQTT needs more configuration.

Zigbee2MQTT is growing faster right now (+98 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [cState](https://selfhost.directory/project/cstate) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/cstate.md)
- [Zigbee2MQTT](https://selfhost.directory/project/zigbee2mqtt) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/zigbee2mqtt.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/cstate-vs-zigbee2mqtt