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DietPivsThesys

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

DietPiThesys
Score71/10041/100
Rank in category#2 of 8 in Operating System#5 of 5 in Research
GitHub stars6 369177
Stars, last 30 days+71+0
Stable releases, 12 months115
Latest releasev10.8 · 21 Oct 2026v0.4.0 · 23 Sept 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageShellTypescript

Which one should you pick?

DietPi scores 71/100 against 41/100 for Thesys, so it is the safer default.

DietPi ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for Thesys.

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

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