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docker-mailservervsVirtual Radar Server

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

docker-mailserverVirtual Radar Server
Score80/10049/100
Rank in category#1 of 16 in Mail Server#6 of 9 in Mapping & GPS
GitHub stars19 704315
Stars, last 30 days+830+0
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev16.0.1 · 4 Sept 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITOther
Main languageShellC

Which one should you pick?

docker-mailserver scores 80/100 against 49/100 for Virtual Radar Server, so it is the safer default.

docker-mailserver ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Virtual Radar Server.

If you want the quickest setup, Virtual Radar Server is easier to run; docker-mailserver needs more configuration.

docker-mailserver is growing faster right now (+830 stars in 30 days).

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