# horilla vs Nakama

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

| | horilla | Nakama |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 60/100 | 76/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #3 of 9 in Human Resource Management (HRM) | #3 of 62 in Game Servers |
| GitHub stars | 1 478 | 13 605 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +47 | +63 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 12 ✓ | 9 |
| Latest release | 2.2.0 · 21 Oct 2026 ✓ | v3.41.0 · 18 Sept 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate ✓ | Moderate |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | LGPL-2.1 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | HTML | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

Nakama scores 76/100 against 60/100 for horilla, so it is the safer default.

horilla ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for Nakama.

## Details

- [horilla](https://selfhost.directory/project/horilla) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/horilla.md)
- [Nakama](https://selfhost.directory/project/nakama) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/nakama.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/horilla-vs-nakama