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NGINXvsTeXbrain

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

NGINXTeXbrain
Score84/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Web Servers#105 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars32 005200
Stars, last 30 days+281+0
Stable releases, 12 months210
Latest releaserelease-1.31.8 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseBSD-2-ClauseMIT
Main languageCTypescript

Which one should you pick?

NGINX scores 84/100 against 46/100 for TeXbrain, so it is the safer default.

NGINX ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for TeXbrain.

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

NGINX is growing faster right now (+281 stars in 30 days).

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