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FreedomBoxvsεxodus

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

FreedomBoxεxodus
Score64/10056/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Privacy#5 of 12 in Privacy
GitHub stars—813
Stars, last 30 days——
Stable releases, 12 months05
Latest release—v1.33.0 · 13 Sept 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main language—Python

Which one should you pick?

FreedomBox scores 64/100 against 56/100 for εxodus, so it is the safer default.

εxodus ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for FreedomBox.

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

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