selfhost.directory

The index of self-hostable projects — ranked, categorized and served with live updates.
Own your data and stop giving it to big tech.

DietPivsTeXbrain

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

DietPiTeXbrain
Score71/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 8 in Operating System#105 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars6 369200
Stars, last 30 days+71+0
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest releasev10.8 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-2.0MIT
Main languageShellTypescript

Which one should you pick?

DietPi scores 71/100 against 46/100 for TeXbrain, so it is the safer default.

DietPi ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for TeXbrain.

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

DietPi is growing faster right now (+71 stars in 30 days).

Swap a project

Keep DietPi, compare it with
Keep TeXbrain, compare it with