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grocyvsThingsboard

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

grocyThingsboard
Score75/10076/100
Rank in category#2 of 15 in Home Management#1 of 10 in IoT
GitHub stars9 62622 620
Stars, last 30 days+101+141
Stable releases, 12 months324
Latest releasev4.7.1 · 4 Sept 2026v4.3.1.8 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languageBladeJava

Which one should you pick?

Thingsboard scores 76/100 against 75/100 for grocy, so it is the safer default.

Thingsboard ships more often: 24 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for grocy.

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

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