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nginx-proxyvsword-mastermind

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

nginx-proxyword-mastermind
Score76/10042/100
Rank in category#3 of 24 in Reverse Proxy#20 of 23 in Gaming
GitHub stars19 936278
Stars, last 30 days+18+0
Stable releases, 12 months110
Latest release1.11.6 · 16 Jul 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

nginx-proxy scores 76/100 against 42/100 for word-mastermind, so it is the safer default.

nginx-proxy ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for word-mastermind.

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

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