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netbirdvsOpenFan Controller

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

netbirdOpenFan Controller
Score81/10050/100
Rank in category#2 of 56 in VPN#63 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars30 315321
Stars, last 30 days+812+0
Stable releases, 12 months403
Latest releasev0.81.5 · 26 Oct 20262026-10-09 · 9 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageGoCSS

Which one should you pick?

netbird scores 81/100 against 50/100 for OpenFan Controller, so it is the safer default.

netbird ships more often: 40 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for OpenFan Controller.

netbird is growing faster right now (+812 stars in 30 days).

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