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dokployvsTailGuard

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

dokployTailGuard
Score80/10048/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Platform as a Service#37 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars38 105611
Stars, last 30 days+608+0
Stable releases, 12 months2710
Latest releasev0.30.10 · 22 Oct 2026v1.104.2 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptShell

Which one should you pick?

dokploy scores 80/100 against 48/100 for TailGuard, so it is the safer default.

dokploy ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for TailGuard.

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

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

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