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harnessvssphinx-relay

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

harnesssphinx-relay
Score80/10044/100
Rank in category#3 of 28 in CI/CD#71 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars38 745247
Stars, last 30 days+318—
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasev2.28.2 · 20 Apr 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

harness scores 80/100 against 44/100 for sphinx-relay, so it is the safer default.

harness ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for sphinx-relay.

If you want the quickest setup, harness is easier to run; sphinx-relay needs more configuration.

harness is growing faster right now (+318 stars in 30 days).

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