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NGINXvsopenvox

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

NGINXopenvox
Score84/10053/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Web Servers#5 of 8 in Configuration Management
GitHub stars32 006199
Stars, last 30 days+282+0
Stable releases, 12 months2117
Latest releaserelease-1.31.8 · 21 Oct 20268.31.2 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseBSD-2-ClauseApache-2.0
Main languageCRuby

Which one should you pick?

NGINX scores 84/100 against 53/100 for openvox, so it is the safer default.

NGINX ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 17 for openvox.

If you want the quickest setup, NGINX is easier to run; openvox needs more configuration.

NGINX is growing faster right now (+282 stars in 30 days).

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