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ExcaliDashvsShellHub

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

ExcaliDashShellHub
Score58/10064/100
Rank in category#3 of 9 in Whiteboarding#12 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars1 7012 243
Stars, last 30 days+118+175
Stable releases, 12 months89
Latest releasev0.6.6 · 22 Oct 2026v0.28.0 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseLGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

ShellHub scores 64/100 against 58/100 for ExcaliDash, so it is the safer default.

ShellHub ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for ExcaliDash.

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

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