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MesheryvsTerraforming Mars

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

MesheryTerraforming Mars
Score73/10062/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Kubernetes#4 of 14 in Gaming
GitHub stars12 074961
Stars, last 30 days+53+9
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev1.0.74 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Meshery scores 73/100 against 62/100 for Terraforming Mars, so it is the safer default.

Meshery ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Terraforming Mars.

Meshery is growing faster right now (+53 stars in 30 days).

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