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GhostvsMQTTX Web

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

GhostMQTTX Web
Score83/10067/100
Rank in category#1 of 42 in Content Management#3 of 10 in IoT
GitHub stars55 6295 086
Stars, last 30 days+219+22
Stable releases, 12 months413
Latest releasev6.73.0 · 27 Oct 2026v1.13.2 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Ghost scores 83/100 against 67/100 for MQTTX Web, so it is the safer default.

Ghost ships more often: 41 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for MQTTX Web.

If you want the quickest setup, MQTTX Web is easier to run; Ghost needs more configuration.

Ghost is growing faster right now (+219 stars in 30 days).

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