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hestiavsNetworkOptimizer

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

hestiaNetworkOptimizer
Score68/10056/100
Rank in category#2 of 10 in Control Panel#17 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars4 5521 211
Stars, last 30 days+46—
Stable releases, 12 months1123
Latest release1.10.5 · 14 Sept 2026v2.10.3 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languageShellC#

Which one should you pick?

hestia scores 68/100 against 56/100 for NetworkOptimizer, so it is the safer default.

NetworkOptimizer ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for hestia.

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

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