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Libationvsnfsen-ng

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

Libationnfsen-ng
Score68/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 15 in Audiobook Management#31 of 48 in Network Monitoring
GitHub stars6 377285
Stars, last 30 days+156+0
Stable releases, 12 months330
Latest releasev14.2.5 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageCPHP

Which one should you pick?

Libation scores 68/100 against 47/100 for nfsen-ng, so it is the safer default.

Libation ships more often: 33 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for nfsen-ng.

If you want the quickest setup, Libation is easier to run; nfsen-ng needs more configuration.

Libation is growing faster right now (+156 stars in 30 days).

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