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grocyvsVirtual Radar Server

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

grocyVirtual Radar Server
Score75/10049/100
Rank in category#2 of 15 in Home Management#6 of 9 in Mapping & GPS
GitHub stars9 624315
Stars, last 30 days+99+0
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasev4.7.1 · 4 Sept 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITOther
Main languageBladeC

Which one should you pick?

grocy scores 75/100 against 49/100 for Virtual Radar Server, so it is the safer default.

grocy ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Virtual Radar Server.

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

grocy is growing faster right now (+99 stars in 30 days).

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