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grimmoryvsrestic-rest-server

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

grimmoryrestic-rest-server
Score69/10060/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Book Management#18 of 46 in Backup
GitHub stars4 6231 532
Stars, last 30 days+204+36
Stable releases, 12 months190
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 21 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0BSD-2-Clause
Main languageJavaGo

Which one should you pick?

grimmory scores 69/100 against 60/100 for restic-rest-server, so it is the safer default.

grimmory ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for restic-rest-server.

If you want the quickest setup, restic-rest-server is easier to run; grimmory needs more configuration.

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

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