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OlaresvsThesys

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

OlaresThesys
Score65/10041/100
Rank in category#4 of 22 in Home Server#5 of 5 in Research
GitHub stars5 333177
Stars, last 30 days+47+0
Stable releases, 12 months1355
Latest release1.12.8-20261028 · 28 Oct 2026v0.4.0 · 23 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Olares scores 65/100 against 41/100 for Thesys, so it is the safer default.

Olares ships more often: 135 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for Thesys.

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

Olares is growing faster right now (+47 stars in 30 days).

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