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nginx-proxyvsPanWatch

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

nginx-proxyPanWatch
Score76/10062/100
Rank in category#3 of 24 in Reverse Proxy#3 of 9 in Fintech
GitHub stars19 9362 289
Stars, last 30 days+18+138
Stable releases, 12 months1112
Latest release1.11.6 · 16 Jul 20260.20.0 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

nginx-proxy scores 76/100 against 62/100 for PanWatch, so it is the safer default.

PanWatch ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for nginx-proxy.

PanWatch is growing faster right now (+138 stars in 30 days).

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