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RomMvsterrapod

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

RomMterrapod
Score81/10051/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Emulation#8 of 8 in DevOps
GitHub stars14 140264
Stars, last 30 days+972+0
Stable releases, 12 months1043
Latest release5.4.1 · 22 Oct 2026v1.11.2 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MPL-2.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

RomM scores 81/100 against 51/100 for terrapod, so it is the safer default.

terrapod ships more often: 43 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for RomM.

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

RomM is growing faster right now (+972 stars in 30 days).

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