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Home AssistantvsXibo CMS

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

Home AssistantXibo CMS
Score91/10059/100
Rank in category#1 of 104 in Home Automation#2 of 7 in Digital Signage
GitHub stars91 797517
Stars, last 30 days+674—
Stable releases, 12 months617
Latest release2026.11.0b0 · 28 Oct 20264.5.5 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Home Assistant scores 91/100 against 59/100 for Xibo CMS, so it is the safer default.

Home Assistant ships more often: 61 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for Xibo CMS.

Home Assistant is growing faster right now (+674 stars in 30 days).

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