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dokployvsMacOS

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

dokployMacOS
Score80/10076/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Platform as a Service#2 of 15 in Virtualization
GitHub stars38 09721 689
Stars, last 30 days+611+115
Stable releases, 12 months2718
Latest releasev0.30.10 · 22 Oct 2026v3.12 · 21 Aug 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptShell

Which one should you pick?

dokploy scores 80/100 against 76/100 for MacOS, so it is the safer default.

dokploy ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 18 for MacOS.

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

dokploy is growing faster right now (+611 stars in 30 days).

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