StartOS vs xsrv

Both are self-hosted self-hosting solutions projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

StartOS scores 81 against xsrv's 66, putting it ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and a larger community. That measures project health, not feature fit — xsrv may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	StartOS	xsrv
Health score	81/100	66/100
Commits (11 mo)	960	489
Commits (last 3 mo)	580	175
Stars	2k	407
Latest release	17 Sept 2026	26 Aug 2026
Licence	MIT	GPL-3.0
Built with	Rust	Ansible, Shell
Typical RAM	1 GB	1 GB

StartOS

Browser-based, graphical Operating System (OS) that makes running a personal server as easy as running a personal computer.

81/100

Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 31/40

Releases 25/25

Community 10/20

Momentum 15/15

Commit activity more than 79% of tracked projects; popularity more than 49%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

xsrv

Install and manage self-hosted services/applications, on your own server(s).

66/100

Steady

Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.

Maintenance 25/40

Releases 25/25

Community 4/20

Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 63% of tracked projects; popularity more than 20%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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