# home-screens vs OpenWrt

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

| | home-screens | OpenWrt |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 50/100 | 83/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #63 of 104 in Home Automation | #1 of 8 in Operating System |
| GitHub stars | 96 | 28 968 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +27 | +455 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 9 | 10 ✓ |
| Latest release | v1.14.0 · 25 Oct 2026 ✓ | v25.12.6 · 18 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate ✓ | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | No | No |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Main language | Typescript | C |

## Which one should you pick?

OpenWrt scores 83/100 against 50/100 for home-screens, so it is the safer default.

OpenWrt ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for home-screens.

OpenWrt is growing faster right now (+455 stars in 30 days).

## Details

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

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