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iTopvssdnext

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

iTopsdnext
Score60/10071/100
Rank in category#2 of 3 in IT Management#3 of 11 in Image Generation
GitHub stars1 2137 362
Stars, last 30 days+2+16
Stable releases, 12 months40
Latest release3.2.3-3 · 16 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languagePHPPython

Which one should you pick?

sdnext scores 71/100 against 60/100 for iTop, so it is the safer default.

iTop ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for sdnext.

If you want the quickest setup, sdnext is easier to run; iTop needs more configuration.

sdnext is growing faster right now (+16 stars in 30 days).

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