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dokployvspenpot

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

dokploypenpot
Score80/10084/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Platform as a Service#1 of 30 in Collaboration
GitHub stars38 09961 805
Stars, last 30 days+602+1 463
Stable releases, 12 months2712
Latest releasev0.30.10 · 22 Oct 20262.18.5 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMPL-2.0
Main languageTypescriptClojure

Which one should you pick?

penpot scores 84/100 against 80/100 for dokploy, so it is the safer default.

dokploy ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 12 for penpot.

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

penpot is growing faster right now (+1 463 stars in 30 days).

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