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dokployvsForem Selfhost

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

dokployForem Selfhost
Score80/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Platform as a Service#2 of 6 in Community
GitHub stars38 1051 479
Stars, last 30 days+608+-1
Stable releases, 12 months270
Latest releasev0.30.10 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptJinja

Which one should you pick?

dokploy scores 80/100 against 51/100 for Forem Selfhost, so it is the safer default.

dokploy ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Forem Selfhost.

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

dokploy is growing faster right now (+608 stars in 30 days).

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