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samariumvsumbrelOS

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

samariumumbrelOS
Score42/10073/100
Rank in category#14 of 14 in ERP#2 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars50712 474
Stars, last 30 days—+439
Stable releases, 12 months07
Latest release—2.0.0 · 22 Sept 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITOther
Main languageBladeTypescript

Which one should you pick?

umbrelOS scores 73/100 against 42/100 for samarium, so it is the safer default.

umbrelOS ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for samarium.

umbrelOS is growing faster right now (+439 stars in 30 days).

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