# home-screens vs Lemmy

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

| | home-screens | Lemmy |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 50/100 | 75/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #63 of 104 in Home Automation | #3 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums |
| GitHub stars | 96 | 14 654 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +27 | +45 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 9 ✓ | 3 |
| Latest release | v1.14.0 · 25 Oct 2026 | 0.19.21 · 26 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Moderate | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | Rust |

## Which one should you pick?

Lemmy scores 75/100 against 50/100 for home-screens, so it is the safer default.

home-screens ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for Lemmy.

## Details

- [home-screens](https://selfhost.directory/project/home-screens) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/home-screens.md)
- [Lemmy](https://selfhost.directory/project/lemmy) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/lemmy.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/home-screens-vs-lemmy