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hestiavsεxodus

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

hestiaεxodus
Score68/10056/100
Rank in category#2 of 10 in Control Panel#5 of 12 in Privacy
GitHub stars4 555813
Stars, last 30 days+50+0
Stable releases, 12 months115
Latest release1.10.5 · 14 Sept 2026v1.33.0 · 13 Sept 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageShellPython

Which one should you pick?

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

hestia ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for εxodus.

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

hestia is growing faster right now (+50 stars in 30 days).

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