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JmalCloudvsnhost

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

JmalCloudnhost
Score50/10067/100
Rank in category#7 of 15 in File Storage#3 of 15 in Backend as a Service
GitHub stars4109 370
Stars, last 30 days—+66
Stable releases, 12 months934
Latest releasev2.16.9 · 4 Aug 2026cli@1.52.2 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

nhost scores 67/100 against 50/100 for JmalCloud, so it is the safer default.

nhost ships more often: 34 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for JmalCloud.

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

nhost is growing faster right now (+66 stars in 30 days).

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