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PanWatchvsUmbraco CMS

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

PanWatchUmbraco CMS
Score62/10071/100
Rank in category#3 of 9 in Fintech#7 of 42 in Content Management
GitHub stars2 2695 278
Stars, last 30 days+118+23
Stable releases, 12 months1227
Latest release0.20.0 · 23 Oct 2026release-13.16.4 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonC

Which one should you pick?

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

Umbraco CMS ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 12 for PanWatch.

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

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

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