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smart-sec-camvsStalwart Mail Server

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

smart-sec-camStalwart Mail Server
Score43/10078/100
Rank in category#29 of 36 in Video Streaming#2 of 16 in Mail Server
GitHub stars25515 462
Stars, last 30 days—+678
Stable releases, 12 months031
Latest release—v1.0.1 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0-only AND LicenseRef-SEL
Main languagePythonRust

Which one should you pick?

Stalwart Mail Server scores 78/100 against 43/100 for smart-sec-cam, so it is the safer default.

Stalwart Mail Server ships more often: 31 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for smart-sec-cam.

If you want the quickest setup, Stalwart Mail Server is easier to run; smart-sec-cam needs more configuration.

Stalwart Mail Server is growing faster right now (+678 stars in 30 days).

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