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RomMvsZealot

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

RomMZealot
Score81/10055/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Emulation#17 of 28 in CI/CD
GitHub stars14 1401 367
Stars, last 30 days+972+0
Stable releases, 12 months103
Latest release5.4.1 · 22 Oct 20266.2.2 · 25 Jul 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonRuby

Which one should you pick?

RomM scores 81/100 against 55/100 for Zealot, so it is the safer default.

RomM ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for Zealot.

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

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