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Open Home Foundation Matter Servervsopenclaw

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

Open Home Foundation Matter Serveropenclaw
Score56/10093/100
Rank in category#42 of 104 in Home Automation#1 of 125 in AI
GitHub stars402393 312
Stars, last 30 days+0+2 888
Stable releases, 12 months637
Latest releasev1.5.5 · 24 Oct 2026v2026.10.8 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

openclaw scores 93/100 against 56/100 for Open Home Foundation Matter Server, so it is the safer default.

openclaw ships more often: 37 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Open Home Foundation Matter Server.

If you want the quickest setup, openclaw is easier to run; Open Home Foundation Matter Server needs more configuration.

openclaw is growing faster right now (+2 888 stars in 30 days).

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