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hestiavstrusted-cgi

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

hestiatrusted-cgi
Score68/10045/100
Rank in category#2 of 10 in Control Panel#4 of 7 in Serverless
GitHub stars4 551249
Stars, last 30 days+45—
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest release1.10.5 · 14 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageShellGo

Which one should you pick?

hestia scores 68/100 against 45/100 for trusted-cgi, so it is the safer default.

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

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

hestia is growing faster right now (+45 stars in 30 days).

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