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OxMgrvsSandstorm

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

OxMgrSandstorm
Score49/10065/100
Rank in category#6 of 20 in Application Management#1 of 5 in Web Hosting
GitHub stars2947 078
Stars, last 30 days—+1
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev0.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITOther
Main languageRustJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Sandstorm scores 65/100 against 49/100 for OxMgr, so it is the safer default.

OxMgr ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Sandstorm.

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

Sandstorm is growing faster right now (+1 stars in 30 days).

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