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RomMvsSemaphore UI

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

RomMSemaphore UI
Score81/10073/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Emulation#12 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars14 13414 336
Stars, last 30 days+978+153
Stable releases, 12 months1020
Latest release5.4.1 · 22 Oct 2026v2.18.31 · 7 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

RomM scores 81/100 against 73/100 for Semaphore UI, so it is the safer default.

Semaphore UI ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for RomM.

If you want the quickest setup, Semaphore UI is easier to run; RomM needs more configuration.

RomM is growing faster right now (+978 stars in 30 days).

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