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docker-pi-holevsOpen Home Foundation Matter Server

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

docker-pi-holeOpen Home Foundation Matter Server
Score77/10056/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in DNS#42 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars11 728402
Stars, last 30 days+115—
Stable releases, 12 months126
Latest release2026.10.0 · 17 Oct 2026v1.5.5 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageShellTypescript

Which one should you pick?

docker-pi-hole scores 77/100 against 56/100 for Open Home Foundation Matter Server, so it is the safer default.

docker-pi-hole ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Open Home Foundation Matter Server.

If you want the quickest setup, docker-pi-hole is easier to run; Open Home Foundation Matter Server needs more configuration.

docker-pi-hole is growing faster right now (+115 stars in 30 days).

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