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

developernginx-ui
Score48/10074/100
Rank in category#16 of 27 in Server Management#3 of 12 in Web Servers
GitHub stars24611 680
Stars, last 30 days—+143
Stable releases, 12 months037
Latest release—v2.9.1 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePHPGo

Which one should you pick?

nginx-ui scores 74/100 against 48/100 for developer, so it is the safer default.

nginx-ui ships more often: 37 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for developer.

If you want the quickest setup, nginx-ui is easier to run; developer needs more configuration.

nginx-ui is growing faster right now (+143 stars in 30 days).

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