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ThingsboardvsUmami

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

ThingsboardUmami
Score76/10085/100
Rank in category#1 of 10 in IoT#1 of 21 in Web analytics
GitHub stars22 61539 754
Stars, last 30 days+145+773
Stable releases, 12 months2413
Latest releasev4.3.1.8 · 27 Oct 2026v3.4.1 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Umami scores 85/100 against 76/100 for Thingsboard, so it is the safer default.

Thingsboard ships more often: 24 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for Umami.

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

Umami is growing faster right now (+773 stars in 30 days).

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