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GotenbergvsNginx Proxy Manager

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

GotenbergNginx Proxy Manager
Score77/10082/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Document Processing#2 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars13 46734 567
Stars, last 30 days+316+353
Stable releases, 12 months1611
Latest releasev8.39.0 · 27 Oct 2026v2.16.0 · 24 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Nginx Proxy Manager scores 82/100 against 77/100 for Gotenberg, so it is the safer default.

Gotenberg ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for Nginx Proxy Manager.

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