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RetromvsSandstorm

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

RetromSandstorm
Score58/10065/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Emulation#1 of 5 in Web Hosting
GitHub stars2 1007 078
Stars, last 30 days+27+1
Stable releases, 12 months100
Latest releasev0.8.4 · 14 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0Other
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Sandstorm scores 65/100 against 58/100 for Retrom, so it is the safer default.

Retrom ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Sandstorm.

Retrom is growing faster right now (+27 stars in 30 days).

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