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ThingportvsUrbit

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

ThingportUrbit
Score50/10063/100
Rank in category#14 of 22 in 3D Printing#3 of 8 in Operating System
GitHub stars2503 622
Stars, last 30 days+14+5
Stable releases, 12 months106
Latest releaseextension-latest · 25 Oct 2026408k-2 · 4 Aug 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescripthoon

Which one should you pick?

Urbit scores 63/100 against 50/100 for Thingport, so it is the safer default.

Thingport ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Urbit.

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

Thingport is growing faster right now (+14 stars in 30 days).

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