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grocyvsTerraforming Mars

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

grocyTerraforming Mars
Score75/10062/100
Rank in category#2 of 15 in Home Management#4 of 14 in Gaming
GitHub stars9 625961
Stars, last 30 days+100+9
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasev4.7.1 · 4 Sept 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageBladeTypescript

Which one should you pick?

grocy scores 75/100 against 62/100 for Terraforming Mars, so it is the safer default.

grocy ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Terraforming Mars.

If you want the quickest setup, grocy is easier to run; Terraforming Mars needs more configuration.

grocy is growing faster right now (+100 stars in 30 days).

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