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Nginx Proxy Managervssentora-core

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

Nginx Proxy Managersentora-core
Score82/10049/100
Rank in category#2 of 24 in Reverse Proxy#8 of 10 in Control Panel
GitHub stars34 576676
Stars, last 30 days+349+0
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest releasev2.16.0 · 24 Sept 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

Nginx Proxy Manager scores 82/100 against 49/100 for sentora-core, so it is the safer default.

Nginx Proxy Manager ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for sentora-core.

If you want the quickest setup, Nginx Proxy Manager is easier to run; sentora-core needs more configuration.

Nginx Proxy Manager is growing faster right now (+349 stars in 30 days).

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