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hestiavsproxmox-datacenter-manager

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

hestiaproxmox-datacenter-manager
Score68/10048/100
Rank in category#2 of 10 in Control Panel#13 of 19 in Infrastructure Monitoring
GitHub stars4 552146
Stars, last 30 days+46—
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest release1.10.5 · 14 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageShellRust

Which one should you pick?

hestia scores 68/100 against 48/100 for proxmox-datacenter-manager, so it is the safer default.

hestia ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for proxmox-datacenter-manager.

If you want the quickest setup, hestia is easier to run; proxmox-datacenter-manager needs more configuration.

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

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