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nginx-proxyvswardrobe

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

nginx-proxywardrobe
Score76/10034/100
Rank in category#3 of 23 in Reverse Proxy#36 of 38 in Personal Productivity
GitHub stars19 93627
Stars, last 30 days+18+0
Stable releases, 12 months115
Latest release1.11.6 · 16 Jul 20260.3.2 · 7 Jun 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

nginx-proxy scores 76/100 against 34/100 for wardrobe, so it is the safer default.

nginx-proxy ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for wardrobe.

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

nginx-proxy is growing faster right now (+18 stars in 30 days).

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