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DashyvsTerraforming Mars

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

DashyTerraforming Mars
Score83/10062/100
Rank in category#2 of 44 in Dashboard#4 of 14 in Gaming
GitHub stars26 854961
Stars, last 30 days+294+9
Stable releases, 12 months70
Latest release4.9.0 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageVueTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Dashy scores 83/100 against 62/100 for Terraforming Mars, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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