# Fish Speech vs nginx-love

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

| | Fish Speech | nginx-love |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 73/100 ✓ | 50/100 |
| Rank in category | #3 of 9 in Text to Speech | #3 of 3 in Web Application Firewall |
| GitHub stars | 33 464 ✓ | 312 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +141 ✓ | +0 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 0 | 1 ✓ |
| Latest release | — | v4.01 · 31 Oct 2025 |
| Setup | Advanced | Moderate ✓ |
| Official Docker image | Yes ✓ | No |
| License | Other | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Python | Typescript |

## Which one should you pick?

Fish Speech scores 73/100 against 50/100 for nginx-love, so it is the safer default.

nginx-love ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Fish Speech.

If you want the quickest setup, nginx-love is easier to run; Fish Speech needs more configuration.

Fish Speech is growing faster right now (+141 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [Fish Speech](https://selfhost.directory/project/fish-speech) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/fish-speech.md)
- [nginx-love](https://selfhost.directory/project/nginx-love) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/nginx-love.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/fish-speech-vs-nginx-love