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hestiavsnetxms

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

hestianetxms
Score68/10055/100
Rank in category#2 of 10 in Control Panel#19 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars4 552417
Stars, last 30 days+46—
Stable releases, 12 months1115
Latest release1.10.5 · 14 Sept 2026release-6.2.4 · 2 Sept 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languageShellC++

Which one should you pick?

hestia scores 68/100 against 55/100 for netxms, so it is the safer default.

netxms ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for hestia.

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

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

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