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Dashyvsnginx-ldap-auth

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

Dashynginx-ldap-auth
Score83/10043/100
Rank in category#2 of 44 in Dashboard#31 of 40 in Authentication
GitHub stars26 854709
Stars, last 30 days+294+0
Stable releases, 12 months70
Latest release4.9.0 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITBSD-2-Clause
Main languageVuePython

Which one should you pick?

Dashy scores 83/100 against 43/100 for nginx-ldap-auth, so it is the safer default.

Dashy ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for nginx-ldap-auth.

If you want the quickest setup, Dashy is easier to run; nginx-ldap-auth needs more configuration.

Dashy is growing faster right now (+294 stars in 30 days).

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