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Dashyvsnetgoat

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

Dashynetgoat
Score83/10044/100
Rank in category#2 of 44 in Dashboard#20 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars26 838905
Stars, last 30 days+286—
Stable releases, 12 months70
Latest release4.9.0 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageVueGo

Which one should you pick?

Dashy scores 83/100 against 44/100 for netgoat, so it is the safer default.

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

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

Dashy is growing faster right now (+286 stars in 30 days).

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