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cups-avahi-airprintvsThingsboard

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

cups-avahi-airprintThingsboard
Score47/10076/100
Rank in category#7 of 11 in Device Management#1 of 10 in IoT
GitHub stars22122 615
Stars, last 30 days—+145
Stable releases, 12 months024
Latest release—v4.3.1.8 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languageShellJava

Which one should you pick?

Thingsboard scores 76/100 against 47/100 for cups-avahi-airprint, so it is the safer default.

Thingsboard ships more often: 24 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for cups-avahi-airprint.

If you want the quickest setup, cups-avahi-airprint is easier to run; Thingsboard needs more configuration.

Thingsboard is growing faster right now (+145 stars in 30 days).

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