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dockhandvsMQTTX Web

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

dockhandMQTTX Web
Score72/10067/100
Rank in category#4 of 44 in Container Management#3 of 10 in IoT
GitHub stars6 9075 086
Stars, last 30 days+547+22
Stable releases, 12 months313
Latest releasev1.0.55 · 23 Oct 2026v1.13.2 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

dockhand scores 72/100 against 67/100 for MQTTX Web, so it is the safer default.

dockhand ships more often: 31 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for MQTTX Web.

dockhand is growing faster right now (+547 stars in 30 days).

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