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RomMvsThe-One-File

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

RomMThe-One-File
Score81/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Emulation#18 of 34 in Network Management
GitHub stars14 149548
Stars, last 30 days+981+0
Stable releases, 12 months1010
Latest release5.4.1 · 22 Oct 2026TOFV-2.0 · 7 Jun 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languagePythonHTML

Which one should you pick?

RomM scores 81/100 against 52/100 for The-One-File, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, The-One-File is easier to run; RomM needs more configuration.

RomM is growing faster right now (+981 stars in 30 days).

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