# exo vs home-screens

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

| | exo | home-screens |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 76/100 ✓ | 50/100 |
| Rank in category | #6 of 25 in LLM Inference | #63 of 104 in Home Automation |
| GitHub stars | 48 082 ✓ | 96 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +447 ✓ | +27 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 7 | 9 ✓ |
| Latest release | v1.0.71 · 23 Apr 2026 | v1.14.0 · 25 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Easy ✓ | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Main language | Python | Typescript |

## Which one should you pick?

exo scores 76/100 against 50/100 for home-screens, so it is the safer default.

home-screens ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for exo.

If you want the quickest setup, exo is easier to run; home-screens needs more configuration.

exo is growing faster right now (+447 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [exo](https://selfhost.directory/project/exo) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/exo.md)
- [home-screens](https://selfhost.directory/project/home-screens) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/home-screens.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/exo-vs-home-screens