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npsvstxtdot

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

npstxtdot
Score74/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 31 in Networking#19 of 25 in Proxy
GitHub stars34 264213
Stars, last 30 days+31—
Stable releases, 12 months05
Latest release—v1.10.6 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

nps scores 74/100 against 47/100 for txtdot, so it is the safer default.

txtdot ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for nps.

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

nps is growing faster right now (+31 stars in 30 days).

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