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nginx-uivsSnipe-IT

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

nginx-uiSnipe-IT
Score74/10077/100
Rank in category#3 of 12 in Web Servers#1 of 15 in Asset Management
GitHub stars11 68015 111
Stars, last 30 days+143+137
Stable releases, 12 months3717
Latest releasev2.9.1 · 22 Oct 2026v8.8.3 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoPHP

Which one should you pick?

Snipe-IT scores 77/100 against 74/100 for nginx-ui, so it is the safer default.

nginx-ui ships more often: 37 stable releases in the past year, against 17 for Snipe-IT.

If you want the quickest setup, nginx-ui is easier to run; Snipe-IT needs more configuration.

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