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setup-ipsec-vpnvsZigbee2MQTT

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

setup-ipsec-vpnZigbee2MQTT
Score78/10076/100
Rank in category#3 of 56 in VPN#5 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars28 89015 762
Stars, last 30 days+324+98
Stable releases, 12 months015
Latest release—2.14.2 · 1 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageShellTypescript

Which one should you pick?

setup-ipsec-vpn scores 78/100 against 76/100 for Zigbee2MQTT, so it is the safer default.

Zigbee2MQTT ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for setup-ipsec-vpn.

If you want the quickest setup, setup-ipsec-vpn is easier to run; Zigbee2MQTT needs more configuration.

setup-ipsec-vpn is growing faster right now (+324 stars in 30 days).

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