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dokployvsThesys

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

dokployThesys
Score80/10041/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Platform as a Service#5 of 5 in Research
GitHub stars38 110177
Stars, last 30 days+613+0
Stable releases, 12 months275
Latest releasev0.30.10 · 22 Oct 2026v0.4.0 · 23 Sept 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

dokploy scores 80/100 against 41/100 for Thesys, so it is the safer default.

dokploy ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for Thesys.

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

dokploy is growing faster right now (+613 stars in 30 days).

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