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nginx-lovevsShinobi

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

nginx-loveShinobi
Score50/10066/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Web Application Firewall#3 of 24 in Video Surveillance
GitHub stars312—
Stars, last 30 days+0—
Stable releases, 12 months10
Latest releasev4.01 · 31 Oct 2025—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescript—

Which one should you pick?

Shinobi scores 66/100 against 50/100 for nginx-love, so it is the safer default.

nginx-love ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shinobi.

If you want the quickest setup, nginx-love is easier to run; Shinobi needs more configuration.

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