# Faasta vs trusted-cgi

> Two self-hosted [Serverless projects](https://selfhost.directory/serverless), compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

| | Faasta | trusted-cgi |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 39/100 | 45/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #5 of 7 in Serverless | #4 of 7 in Serverless |
| GitHub stars | 227 | 249 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | — |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 10 ✓ | 0 |
| Latest release | build-84 · 20 Oct 2026 | — |
| Setup | Advanced | Easy ✓ |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Main language | Rust | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

trusted-cgi scores 45/100 against 39/100 for Faasta, so it is the safer default.

Faasta ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for trusted-cgi.

If you want the quickest setup, trusted-cgi is easier to run; Faasta needs more configuration.

## Details

- [Faasta](https://selfhost.directory/project/faasta) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/faasta.md)
- [trusted-cgi](https://selfhost.directory/project/trusted-cgi) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/trusted-cgi.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/faasta-vs-trusted-cgi