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grimmoryvsMQTTX Web

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

grimmoryMQTTX Web
Score69/10067/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Book Management#3 of 10 in IoT
GitHub stars4 6205 086
Stars, last 30 days+201+22
Stable releases, 12 months193
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 21 Sept 2026v1.13.2 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

grimmory scores 69/100 against 67/100 for MQTTX Web, so it is the safer default.

grimmory ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for MQTTX Web.

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

grimmory is growing faster right now (+201 stars in 30 days).

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