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DockerRegistryvsnginx-proxy

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

DockerRegistrynginx-proxy
Score74/10076/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Container Registry#3 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars10 66619 937
Stars, last 30 days+43+19
Stable releases, 12 months311
Latest releasev3.1.2 · 24 Sept 20261.11.6 · 16 Jul 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

nginx-proxy scores 76/100 against 74/100 for DockerRegistry, so it is the safer default.

nginx-proxy ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for DockerRegistry.

DockerRegistry is growing faster right now (+43 stars in 30 days).

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