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RomMvstiledesk

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

RomMtiledesk
Score81/10051/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Emulation#46 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars14 126324
Stars, last 30 days+970—
Stable releases, 12 months101
Latest release5.4.1 · 22 Oct 20261.2.1 · 6 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonMustache

Which one should you pick?

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

RomM ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for tiledesk.

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

RomM is growing faster right now (+970 stars in 30 days).

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