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Umbraco CMSvsWhatomate

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

Umbraco CMSWhatomate
Score71/10053/100
Rank in category#7 of 42 in Content Management#37 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars5 2781 751
Stars, last 30 days+21+0
Stable releases, 12 months270
Latest releaserelease-13.16.4 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageCGo

Which one should you pick?

Umbraco CMS scores 71/100 against 53/100 for Whatomate, so it is the safer default.

Umbraco CMS ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Whatomate.

If you want the quickest setup, Whatomate is easier to run; Umbraco CMS needs more configuration.

Umbraco CMS is growing faster right now (+21 stars in 30 days).

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