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lilavsNginx Proxy Manager

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

lilaNginx Proxy Manager
Score76/10082/100
Rank in category#3 of 62 in Game Servers#2 of 24 in Reverse Proxy
GitHub stars18 91834 568
Stars, last 30 days+158+354
Stable releases, 12 months011
Latest release—v2.16.0 · 24 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageScalaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Nginx Proxy Manager scores 82/100 against 76/100 for lila, so it is the safer default.

Nginx Proxy Manager ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for lila.

If you want the quickest setup, Nginx Proxy Manager is easier to run; lila needs more configuration.

Nginx Proxy Manager is growing faster right now (+354 stars in 30 days).

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