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ShinobivsWebSSH

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

ShinobiWebSSH
Score66/10050/100
Rank in category#3 of 24 in Video Surveillance#2 of 6 in SSH
GitHub stars—224
Stars, last 30 days——
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v2.6.0 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main language—Python

Which one should you pick?

Shinobi scores 66/100 against 50/100 for WebSSH, so it is the safer default.

WebSSH ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shinobi.

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

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