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daedalOSvsswarm-cronjob

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

daedalOSswarm-cronjob
Score72/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 5 in Emulation#20 of 26 in Automation
GitHub stars13 078888
Stars, last 30 days+39+0
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—v1.16.1 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

daedalOS scores 72/100 against 51/100 for swarm-cronjob, so it is the safer default.

swarm-cronjob ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for daedalOS.

If you want the quickest setup, swarm-cronjob is easier to run; daedalOS needs more configuration.

daedalOS is growing faster right now (+39 stars in 30 days).

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