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DashyvsDebNAS

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

DashyDebNAS
Score83/10056/100
Rank in category#2 of 44 in Dashboard#8 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars26 8311 184
Stars, last 30 days+279—
Stable releases, 12 months70
Latest release4.9.0 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageVueShell

Which one should you pick?

Dashy scores 83/100 against 56/100 for DebNAS, so it is the safer default.

Dashy ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for DebNAS.

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

Dashy is growing faster right now (+279 stars in 30 days).

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