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dockservervshestia

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

dockserverhestia
Score45/10068/100
Rank in category#29 of 44 in Container Management#2 of 10 in Control Panel
GitHub stars1544 552
Stars, last 30 days—+46
Stable releases, 12 months211
Latest releasev1.4.74 · 11 Jan 20261.10.5 · 14 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageShellShell

Which one should you pick?

hestia scores 68/100 against 45/100 for dockserver, so it is the safer default.

hestia ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for dockserver.

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

hestia is growing faster right now (+46 stars in 30 days).

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