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DashyvsOpenMES

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

DashyOpenMES
Score83/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 44 in Dashboard#4 of 4 in Industrial IoT
GitHub stars26 838178
Stars, last 30 days+286—
Stable releases, 12 months710
Latest release4.9.0 · 23 Oct 2026v0.27.0 · 14 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageVuePHP

Which one should you pick?

Dashy scores 83/100 against 47/100 for OpenMES, so it is the safer default.

OpenMES ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for Dashy.

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

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

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