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portavsProject N.O.M.A.D.

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

portaProject N.O.M.A.D.
Score42/10085/100
Rank in category#122 of 166 in Developer Tools#1 of 42 in Knowledge Management
GitHub stars21141 177
Stars, last 30 days+0+2 826
Stable releases, 12 months178
Latest releasev0.16.2 · 9 Sept 2026v1.35.1 · 5 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Project N.O.M.A.D. scores 85/100 against 42/100 for porta, so it is the safer default.

porta ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for Project N.O.M.A.D..

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

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