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nginx-uivsOpenBrief

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

nginx-uiOpenBrief
Score74/10045/100
Rank in category#3 of 12 in Web Servers#7 of 15 in Audio Processing
GitHub stars11 682580
Stars, last 30 days+145+0
Stable releases, 12 months371
Latest releasev2.9.1 · 22 Oct 2026v0.4.0 · 25 May 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

nginx-ui scores 74/100 against 45/100 for OpenBrief, so it is the safer default.

nginx-ui ships more often: 37 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for OpenBrief.

nginx-ui is growing faster right now (+145 stars in 30 days).

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