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InstaCloud OSSvszane-ops

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

InstaCloud OSSzane-ops
Score45/10052/100
Rank in category#10 of 10 in PaaS#7 of 10 in PaaS
GitHub stars2091 389
Stars, last 30 days—+6
Stable releases, 12 months710
Latest releasegate-v0.1.1 · 9 Oct 2026v1.15.1 · 25 Sept 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

zane-ops scores 52/100 against 45/100 for InstaCloud OSS, so it is the safer default.

zane-ops ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for InstaCloud OSS.

zane-ops is growing faster right now (+6 stars in 30 days).

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