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OmniToolsvsumbrel

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

OmniToolsumbrel
Score72/10052/100
Rank in category#13 of 166 in Developer Tools#9 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars10 505434
Stars, last 30 days+258+0
Stable releases, 12 months14
Latest releasev0.7.0 · 20 Oct 2026v2.0.0 · 2 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

OmniTools scores 72/100 against 52/100 for umbrel, so it is the safer default.

umbrel ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for OmniTools.

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

OmniTools is growing faster right now (+258 stars in 30 days).

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