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LXCvszookeeper

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

LXCzookeeper
Score70/10073/100
Rank in category#1 of 2 in Containers#1 of 8 in Configuration Management
GitHub stars5 28812 827
Stars, last 30 days+24+17
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev7.0.0 · 30 Apr 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageCJava

Which one should you pick?

zookeeper scores 73/100 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 zookeeper.

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

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