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hestiavsmeshping

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

hestiameshping
Score68/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 10 in Control Panel#31 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars4 553170
Stars, last 30 days+47—
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest release1.10.5 · 14 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageShellPython

Which one should you pick?

hestia scores 68/100 against 47/100 for meshping, so it is the safer default.

hestia ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for meshping.

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

hestia is growing faster right now (+47 stars in 30 days).

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