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orbvsumbrelOS

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

orbumbrelOS
Score51/10072/100
Rank in category#21 of 48 in Network Monitoring#2 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars68212 474
Stars, last 30 days+0+422
Stable releases, 12 months07
Latest release—2.0.0 · 22 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMPL-2.0Other
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

umbrelOS scores 72/100 against 51/100 for orb, so it is the safer default.

umbrelOS ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for orb.

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

umbrelOS is growing faster right now (+422 stars in 30 days).

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