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

Drupalhot-updater
Score71/10062/100
Rank in category#7 of 42 in Content Management#1 of 20 in Application Management
GitHub stars—1 799
Stars, last 30 days—+70
Stable releases, 12 months047
Latest release—v1.1.4 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-2.0Other
Main language—Typescript

Which one should you pick?

Drupal scores 71/100 against 62/100 for hot-updater, so it is the safer default.

hot-updater ships more often: 47 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Drupal.

If you want the quickest setup, Drupal is easier to run; hot-updater needs more configuration.

hot-updater is growing faster right now (+70 stars in 30 days).

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