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.

MailpitvsXibo CMS

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

MailpitXibo CMS
Score77/10059/100
Rank in category#2 of 106 in Email#2 of 7 in Digital Signage
GitHub stars10 784517
Stars, last 30 days+358—
Stable releases, 12 months237
Latest releasev1.32.0 · 22 Oct 20264.5.5 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Mailpit scores 77/100 against 59/100 for Xibo CMS, so it is the safer default.

Mailpit ships more often: 23 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for Xibo CMS.

If you want the quickest setup, Mailpit is easier to run; Xibo CMS needs more configuration.

Mailpit is growing faster right now (+358 stars in 30 days).

Swap a project

Keep Mailpit, compare it with
Keep Xibo CMS, compare it with