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Kavitavsmqttui

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

Kavitamqttui
Score73/10048/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Comics#8 of 10 in IoT
GitHub stars11 970225
Stars, last 30 days+234+1
Stable releases, 12 months82
Latest releasev0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 2026v2.0.2 · 25 Mar 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageC#Python

Which one should you pick?

Kavita scores 73/100 against 48/100 for mqttui, so it is the safer default.

Kavita ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for mqttui.

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

Kavita is growing faster right now (+234 stars in 30 days).

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