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netgoatvsOmniTools

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

netgoatOmniTools
Score44/10071/100
Rank in category#20 of 24 in Reverse Proxy#15 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars90510 492
Stars, last 30 days—+249
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v0.7.0 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

OmniTools scores 71/100 against 44/100 for netgoat, so it is the safer default.

OmniTools ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for netgoat.

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

OmniTools is growing faster right now (+249 stars in 30 days).

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