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dockhandvsopenITCOCKPIT

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

dockhandopenITCOCKPIT
Score72/10054/100
Rank in category#4 of 44 in Container Management#6 of 19 in Infrastructure Monitoring
GitHub stars6 916399
Stars, last 30 days+556—
Stable releases, 12 months3112
Latest releasev1.0.55 · 23 Oct 2026openITCOCKPIT-5.9.0 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

dockhand scores 72/100 against 54/100 for openITCOCKPIT, so it is the safer default.

dockhand ships more often: 31 stable releases in the past year, against 12 for openITCOCKPIT.

If you want the quickest setup, dockhand is easier to run; openITCOCKPIT needs more configuration.

dockhand is growing faster right now (+556 stars in 30 days).

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