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netboxvsPercona Server for MySQL

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

netboxPercona Server for MySQL
Score79/10061/100
Rank in category#2 of 34 in Network Management#26 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars21 7791 280
Stars, last 30 days+187+6
Stable releases, 12 months200
Latest releasev4.7.4 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

netbox scores 79/100 against 61/100 for Percona Server for MySQL, so it is the safer default.

netbox ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Percona Server for MySQL.

If you want the quickest setup, Percona Server for MySQL is easier to run; netbox needs more configuration.

netbox is growing faster right now (+187 stars in 30 days).

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