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World MonitorvsZigbee2MQTT

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

World MonitorZigbee2MQTT
Score86/10076/100
Rank in category#5 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#5 of 104 in Home Automation
GitHub stars89 75015 764
Stars, last 30 days+2 411+100
Stable releases, 12 months1715
Latest releasev2.11.6 · 25 Oct 20262.14.2 · 1 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

World Monitor scores 86/100 against 76/100 for Zigbee2MQTT, so it is the safer default.

World Monitor ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 15 for Zigbee2MQTT.

If you want the quickest setup, Zigbee2MQTT is easier to run; World Monitor needs more configuration.

World Monitor is growing faster right now (+2 411 stars in 30 days).

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