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OxMgrvsShields

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

OxMgrShields
Score49/10080/100
Rank in category#6 of 20 in Application Management#6 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars29527 331
Stars, last 30 days+1+125
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev0.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageRustJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Shields scores 80/100 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 Shields.

Shields is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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