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Open Home Foundation Matter Servervssdnext

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

Open Home Foundation Matter Serversdnext
Score56/10071/100
Rank in category#42 of 104 in Home Automation#3 of 11 in Image Generation
GitHub stars4027 362
Stars, last 30 days+0+16
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasev1.5.5 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

sdnext scores 71/100 against 56/100 for Open Home Foundation Matter Server, so it is the safer default.

Open Home Foundation Matter Server ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for sdnext.

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

sdnext is growing faster right now (+16 stars in 30 days).

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