selfhost.directory

The index of self-hostable projects — ranked, categorized and served with live updates.
Own your data and stop giving it to big tech.

rackpadvsRedis

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

rackpadRedis
Score53/10086/100
Rank in category#15 of 34 in Network Management#1 of 38 in Databases
GitHub stars42377 154
Stars, last 30 days+0+687
Stable releases, 12 months536
Latest releasev1.8.5 · 20 Oct 20268.10.3 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITOther
Main languageTypescriptC

Which one should you pick?

Redis scores 86/100 against 53/100 for rackpad, so it is the safer default.

Redis ships more often: 36 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for rackpad.

Redis is growing faster right now (+687 stars in 30 days).

Swap a project

Keep rackpad, compare it with