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OmniRoutevsThingsboard

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

OmniRouteThingsboard
Score88/10076/100
Rank in category#4 of 125 in AI#1 of 10 in IoT
GitHub stars82 32622 618
Stars, last 30 days+3 310+139
Stable releases, 12 months1024
Latest releaseradar-export-latest · 20 Oct 2026v4.3.1.8 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

OmniRoute scores 88/100 against 76/100 for Thingsboard, so it is the safer default.

Thingsboard ships more often: 24 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for OmniRoute.

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

OmniRoute is growing faster right now (+3 310 stars in 30 days).

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