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WordPressvsXibo CMS

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

WordPressXibo CMS
Score81/10059/100
Rank in category#2 of 42 in Content Management#2 of 7 in Digital Signage
GitHub stars21 508517
Stars, last 30 days+76+0
Stable releases, 12 months07
Latest release—4.5.5 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languagePHPTypescript

Which one should you pick?

WordPress scores 81/100 against 59/100 for Xibo CMS, so it is the safer default.

Xibo CMS ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for WordPress.

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

WordPress is growing faster right now (+76 stars in 30 days).

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