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Single ServervsVert

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

Single ServerVert
Score44/10071/100
Rank in category#8 of 11 in Deployment#2 of 10 in File Conversion
GitHub stars23116 176
Stars, last 30 days+0+543
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev0.2.0 · 21 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Vert scores 71/100 against 44/100 for Single Server, so it is the safer default.

Single Server ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Vert.

If you want the quickest setup, Vert is easier to run; Single Server needs more configuration.

Vert is growing faster right now (+543 stars in 30 days).

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