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grimmoryvsopenHop Repeater

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

grimmoryopenHop Repeater
Score69/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Book Management#2 of 10 in Network
GitHub stars4 623298
Stars, last 30 days+204—
Stable releases, 12 months191
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 21 Sept 20261.1.4 · 8 Sept 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageJavaPython

Which one should you pick?

grimmory scores 69/100 against 51/100 for openHop Repeater, so it is the safer default.

grimmory ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for openHop Repeater.

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

grimmory is growing faster right now (+204 stars in 30 days).

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