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Open Home Foundation Matter ServervsOrca

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

Open Home Foundation Matter ServerOrca
Score56/10091/100
Rank in category#42 of 104 in Home Automation#1 of 209 in AI Agents
GitHub stars402108 898
Stars, last 30 days—+8 991
Stable releases, 12 months615
Latest releasev1.5.5 · 24 Oct 2026v1.4.243 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Orca scores 91/100 against 56/100 for Open Home Foundation Matter Server, so it is the safer default.

Orca ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Open Home Foundation Matter Server.

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

Orca is growing faster right now (+8 991 stars in 30 days).

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