# nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer vs Pulse

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

| | nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer | Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 76/100 ✓ | 71/100 |
| Rank in category | #2 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration | #2 of 19 in Infrastructure Monitoring |
| GitHub stars | 10 745 ✓ | 6 973 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +265 ✓ | +232 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 37 | 43 ✓ |
| Latest release | helm-chart-14.4.2 · 28 Oct 2026 ✓ | helm-chart-6.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Easy | Easy ✓ |
| Official Docker image | Yes | Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Main language | PHP | Go |

## Which one should you pick?

nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer scores 76/100 against 71/100 for Pulse, so it is the safer default.

Pulse ships more often: 43 stable releases in the past year, against 37 for nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer.

## Details

- [nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer](https://selfhost.directory/project/nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer.md)
- [Pulse](https://selfhost.directory/project/pulse) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/pulse.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer-vs-pulse