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SparkyFitnessvsumbrel

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

SparkyFitnessumbrel
Score66/10052/100
Rank in category#2 of 11 in Fitness Tracker#9 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars6 504434
Stars, last 30 days+393+0
Stable releases, 12 months274
Latest releasev1.10.0 · 29 Oct 2026v2.0.0 · 2 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

SparkyFitness scores 66/100 against 52/100 for umbrel, so it is the safer default.

SparkyFitness ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for umbrel.

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

SparkyFitness is growing faster right now (+393 stars in 30 days).

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