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hestiavstrigger

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

hestiatrigger
Score68/10076/100
Rank in category#2 of 10 in Control Panel#7 of 32 in Workflow Automation
GitHub stars4 55416 649
Stars, last 30 days+49+250
Stable releases, 12 months1149
Latest release1.10.5 · 14 Sept 2026v4.8.1 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageShellTypescript

Which one should you pick?

trigger scores 76/100 against 68/100 for hestia, so it is the safer default.

trigger ships more often: 49 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for hestia.

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

trigger is growing faster right now (+250 stars in 30 days).

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