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hestiavsLAN-Orangutan

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

hestiaLAN-Orangutan
Score68/10058/100
Rank in category#2 of 10 in Control Panel#15 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars4 5521 139
Stars, last 30 days+46—
Stable releases, 12 months117
Latest release1.10.5 · 14 Sept 2026v3.4.2 · 18 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageShellGo

Which one should you pick?

hestia scores 68/100 against 58/100 for LAN-Orangutan, so it is the safer default.

hestia ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for LAN-Orangutan.

If you want the quickest setup, LAN-Orangutan is easier to run; hestia needs more configuration.

hestia is growing faster right now (+46 stars in 30 days).

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