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nextcloud-aio-mastercontainervsNova Server

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

nextcloud-aio-mastercontainerNova Server
Score76/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration#20 of 25 in Proxy
GitHub stars10 748355
Stars, last 30 days+264+1
Stable releases, 12 months379
Latest releasehelm-chart-14.4.2 · 28 Oct 2026v1.92.2 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languagePHPShell

Which one should you pick?

nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer scores 76/100 against 46/100 for Nova Server, so it is the safer default.

nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer ships more often: 37 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for Nova Server.

If you want the quickest setup, nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer is easier to run; Nova Server needs more configuration.

nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer is growing faster right now (+264 stars in 30 days).

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