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ShieldsvsVigil365

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

ShieldsVigil365
Score80/10049/100
Rank in category#6 of 166 in Developer Tools#46 of 78 in Security
GitHub stars27 331284
Stars, last 30 days+125+0
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—v1.1.0 · 28 Aug 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptC#

Which one should you pick?

Shields scores 80/100 against 49/100 for Vigil365, so it is the safer default.

Vigil365 ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shields.

If you want the quickest setup, Shields is easier to run; Vigil365 needs more configuration.

Shields is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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