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docker-pi-holevssphinx-relay

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

docker-pi-holesphinx-relay
Score77/10044/100
Rank in category#3 of 41 in DNS#71 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars11 727247
Stars, last 30 days+114—
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest release2026.10.0 · 17 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageShellTypescript

Which one should you pick?

docker-pi-hole scores 77/100 against 44/100 for sphinx-relay, so it is the safer default.

docker-pi-hole ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for sphinx-relay.

If you want the quickest setup, docker-pi-hole is easier to run; sphinx-relay needs more configuration.

docker-pi-hole is growing faster right now (+114 stars in 30 days).

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