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grimmoryvsNginx Proxy Manager

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

grimmoryNginx Proxy Manager
Score69/10082/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Book Management#2 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars4 62334 564
Stars, last 30 days+204+350
Stable releases, 12 months1911
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 21 Sept 2026v2.16.0 · 24 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Nginx Proxy Manager scores 82/100 against 69/100 for grimmory, so it is the safer default.

grimmory ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for Nginx Proxy Manager.

If you want the quickest setup, Nginx Proxy Manager is easier to run; grimmory needs more configuration.

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