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multicavsumbrel

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

multicaumbrel
Score84/10052/100
Rank in category#10 of 125 in AI#9 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars54 130434
Stars, last 30 days+2 888—
Stable releases, 12 months874
Latest releasev0.7.1 · 27 Oct 2026v2.0.0 · 2 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

multica scores 84/100 against 52/100 for umbrel, so it is the safer default.

multica ships more often: 87 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for umbrel.

If you want the quickest setup, multica is easier to run; umbrel needs more configuration.

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

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