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lxd-dashboardvsTailscale

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

lxd-dashboardTailscale
Score43/10084/100
Rank in category#34 of 44 in Container Management#1 of 56 in VPN
GitHub stars34838 241
Stars, last 30 days—+1 436
Stable releases, 12 months014
Latest release—v1.104.4 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0BSD-3-Clause
Main languageHackGo

Which one should you pick?

Tailscale scores 84/100 against 43/100 for lxd-dashboard, so it is the safer default.

Tailscale ships more often: 14 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for lxd-dashboard.

Tailscale is growing faster right now (+1 436 stars in 30 days).

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