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docker-mailservervsVvveb CMS

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

docker-mailserverVvveb CMS
Score80/10055/100
Rank in category#1 of 16 in Mail Server#11 of 18 in Content Management
GitHub stars19 7051 212
Stars, last 30 days+831+18
Stable releases, 12 months28
Latest releasev16.0.1 · 4 Sept 20261.0.9.0 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageShellHTML

Which one should you pick?

docker-mailserver scores 80/100 against 55/100 for Vvveb CMS, so it is the safer default.

Vvveb CMS ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for docker-mailserver.

If you want the quickest setup, Vvveb CMS is easier to run; docker-mailserver needs more configuration.

docker-mailserver is growing faster right now (+831 stars in 30 days).

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