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openwhiskvswger

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

openwhiskwger
Score67/10073/100
Rank in category#2 of 7 in Serverless#1 of 31 in Health & Fitness
GitHub stars6 8037 203
Stars, last 30 days+5+240
Stable releases, 12 months04
Latest release—2.7 · 3 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageScalaPython

Which one should you pick?

wger scores 73/100 against 67/100 for openwhisk, so it is the safer default.

wger ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for openwhisk.

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

wger is growing faster right now (+240 stars in 30 days).

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