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hot-updatervsUmbraco CMS

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

hot-updaterUmbraco CMS
Score62/10071/100
Rank in category#1 of 20 in Application Management#7 of 42 in Content Management
GitHub stars1 7995 278
Stars, last 30 days+57+21
Stable releases, 12 months4727
Latest releasev1.1.4 · 27 Oct 2026release-13.16.4 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptC

Which one should you pick?

Umbraco CMS scores 71/100 against 62/100 for hot-updater, so it is the safer default.

hot-updater ships more often: 47 stable releases in the past year, against 27 for Umbraco CMS.

hot-updater is growing faster right now (+57 stars in 30 days).

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