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PanWatchvssdnext

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

PanWatchsdnext
Score62/10071/100
Rank in category#3 of 9 in Fintech#3 of 11 in Image Generation
GitHub stars2 2697 362
Stars, last 30 days+118+16
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest release0.20.0 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

sdnext scores 71/100 against 62/100 for PanWatch, so it is the safer default.

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

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

PanWatch is growing faster right now (+118 stars in 30 days).

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