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World MonitorvsXibo CMS

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

World MonitorXibo CMS
Score86/10059/100
Rank in category#5 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#2 of 7 in Digital Signage
GitHub stars89 721517
Stars, last 30 days+2 382+0
Stable releases, 12 months177
Latest releasev2.11.6 · 25 Oct 20264.5.5 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

World Monitor scores 86/100 against 59/100 for Xibo CMS, so it is the safer default.

World Monitor ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for Xibo CMS.

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

World Monitor is growing faster right now (+2 382 stars in 30 days).

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