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MeshCentralvsPostgREST

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

MeshCentralPostgREST
Score74/10079/100
Rank in category#2 of 23 in Remote Access#2 of 13 in API
GitHub stars7 52927 732
Stars, last 30 days+251+54
Stable releases, 12 months1620
Latest release1.3.1 · 23 Oct 2026v16.5 · 18 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptHaskell

Which one should you pick?

PostgREST scores 79/100 against 74/100 for MeshCentral, so it is the safer default.

PostgREST ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 16 for MeshCentral.

MeshCentral is growing faster right now (+251 stars in 30 days).

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