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ElkarBackupvsumbrelOS

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

ElkarBackupumbrelOS
Score51/10073/100
Rank in category#31 of 46 in Backup#2 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars41812 473
Stars, last 30 days—+438
Stable releases, 12 months107
Latest releasev2.3.9 · 24 Dec 20252.0.0 · 22 Sept 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

umbrelOS scores 73/100 against 51/100 for ElkarBackup, so it is the safer default.

ElkarBackup ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for umbrelOS.

umbrelOS is growing faster right now (+438 stars in 30 days).

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