DockSTARTer
DockSTARTer helps you get started with home server apps running in Docker.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 21 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.20260831.1 (Aug 2026).
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At a glance
DockSTARTer quick facts
- Health score
- 83/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,574
- Last commit
- 9 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.20260831.1, Aug 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "The main goal of DockSTARTer is to make it quick and easy to get up and running with Docker."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
DockSTARTer scores 83/100, #6 of 28 in Self-hosting Solutions: 21 commits in the last 90 days earn 24.5 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.20260831.1, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,574 stars add 13.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 10.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 24.5 / 35
21 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.20260831.1 released 2 months ago
- Stars 13.6 / 20
2.6k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 21
- Last 90 days
- 288
- Last 12 months
- 9 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 28 tools in Self-hosting Solutions by health , between YunoHost (#5) and StartOS (#7) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Shell |
| Latest release | v1.20260831.1 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 2,574 |
| Open issues | 4 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | GhostWriters/DockSTARTer ↗ |
DockSTARTer vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with DockSTARTer (Self-hosting Solutions), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HomeButler | 90 | 313 | MIT | yesterday |
| DockSTARTer (this tool) | 83 | 2.6k | MIT | 9 days ago |
| StartOS | 83 | 2k | MIT | today |
| Websoft9 | 83 | 2.1k | LGPL-3.0 | today |
| Tipi | 77 | 9.7k | GPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Sandstorm | 25 | 7.1k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
DockSTARTer: common questions
Is DockSTARTer still maintained?
DockSTARTer had 21 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 9 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.20260831.1, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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