selfhost.directory

The index of self-hostable projects — ranked, categorized and served with live updates.
Own your data and stop giving it to big tech.

LXCvssetup-ipsec-vpn

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

LXCsetup-ipsec-vpn
Score70/10078/100
Rank in category#1 of 2 in Containers#3 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars5 28828 880
Stars, last 30 days+24+323
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev7.0.0 · 30 Apr 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherOther
Main languageCShell

Which one should you pick?

setup-ipsec-vpn scores 78/100 against 70/100 for LXC, so it is the safer default.

LXC ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for setup-ipsec-vpn.

If you want the quickest setup, setup-ipsec-vpn is easier to run; LXC needs more configuration.

setup-ipsec-vpn is growing faster right now (+323 stars in 30 days).

Swap a project

Keep LXC, compare it with
Keep setup-ipsec-vpn, compare it with