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netboxvsTeXbrain

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

netboxTeXbrain
Score79/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 34 in Network Management#105 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars21 786200
Stars, last 30 days+189+0
Stable releases, 12 months200
Latest releasev4.7.4 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

netbox scores 79/100 against 46/100 for TeXbrain, so it is the safer default.

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

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

netbox is growing faster right now (+189 stars in 30 days).

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