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Terraforming Marsvsverdaccio

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

Terraforming Marsverdaccio
Score62/10076/100
Rank in category#4 of 14 in Gaming#1 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars96117 956
Stars, last 30 days+9+57
Stable releases, 12 months029
Latest release—v7.0.2 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

verdaccio scores 76/100 against 62/100 for Terraforming Mars, so it is the safer default.

verdaccio ships more often: 29 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Terraforming Mars.

If you want the quickest setup, verdaccio is easier to run; Terraforming Mars needs more configuration.

verdaccio is growing faster right now (+57 stars in 30 days).

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