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HarborvsOpenFan Controller

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

HarborOpenFan Controller
Score80/10050/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Container Registry#63 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars29 639321
Stars, last 30 days+185+0
Stable releases, 12 months103
Latest releasev2.14.6 · 23 Oct 20262026-10-09 · 9 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGoCSS

Which one should you pick?

Harbor scores 80/100 against 50/100 for OpenFan Controller, so it is the safer default.

Harbor ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for OpenFan Controller.

Harbor is growing faster right now (+185 stars in 30 days).

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