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nforwardauthvsUmbraco CMS

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

nforwardauthUmbraco CMS
Score44/10071/100
Rank in category#28 of 40 in Authentication#7 of 42 in Content Management
GitHub stars1595 278
Stars, last 30 days—+23
Stable releases, 12 months127
Latest releasev1.5.1 · 10 Jul 2026release-13.16.4 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageRustC

Which one should you pick?

Umbraco CMS scores 71/100 against 44/100 for nforwardauth, so it is the safer default.

Umbraco CMS ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for nforwardauth.

If you want the quickest setup, nforwardauth is easier to run; Umbraco CMS needs more configuration.

Umbraco CMS is growing faster right now (+23 stars in 30 days).

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