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logforgevsLXD

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

logforgeLXD
Score47/10070/100
Rank in category#28 of 44 in Container Management#3 of 15 in Virtualization
GitHub stars3024 844
Stars, last 30 days—+13
Stable releases, 12 months319
Latest releaseV3.0.1 · 28 Oct 2026lxd-6.10.1 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main language—Go

Which one should you pick?

LXD scores 70/100 against 47/100 for logforge, so it is the safer default.

LXD ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for logforge.

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

LXD is growing faster right now (+13 stars in 30 days).

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