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Docker EnginevsMQTTX Web

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

Docker EngineMQTTX Web
Score80/10067/100
Rank in category#1 of 11 in Container Orchestration#3 of 10 in IoT
GitHub stars72 2195 086
Stars, last 30 days+87+22
Stable releases, 12 months173
Latest releasedocker-v29.9.2 · 20 Oct 2026v1.13.2 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Docker Engine scores 80/100 against 67/100 for MQTTX Web, so it is the safer default.

Docker Engine ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for MQTTX Web.

If you want the quickest setup, MQTTX Web is easier to run; Docker Engine needs more configuration.

Docker Engine is growing faster right now (+87 stars in 30 days).

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