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PharosvsProject N.O.M.A.D.

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

PharosProject N.O.M.A.D.
Score44/10085/100
Rank in category#80 of 125 in AI#1 of 42 in Knowledge Management
GitHub stars24141 177
Stars, last 30 days+0+2 826
Stable releases, 12 months08
Latest release—v1.35.1 · 5 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Project N.O.M.A.D. scores 85/100 against 44/100 for Pharos, so it is the safer default.

Project N.O.M.A.D. ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pharos.

If you want the quickest setup, Project N.O.M.A.D. is easier to run; Pharos needs more configuration.

Project N.O.M.A.D. is growing faster right now (+2 826 stars in 30 days).

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