HomeServerHQ
All-in-one home server infrastructure and installer. Have a fully configured email server, VPN, and public website(s) set up in less than an hour, even behind CGNAT.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 116 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 240 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in Self-hosting Solutions: Cloudron Cloud alternatives, Heroku alternatives.
At a glance
HomeServerHQ quick facts
- Health score
- 77/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 73
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 240, Sep 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "HomeServerHQ is an all-in-one home server infrastructure. It is designed to be simple and easy for anyone to setup and use, even without any prior software/IT experience. The installation and management utility performs the full installation of both the HomeServer and RelayServer, along with an integrated suite of free and open source software tools in a matter of minutes."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
HomeServerHQ scores 77/100, #11 of 28 in Self-hosting Solutions: 116 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (240, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 73 stars add 7.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 12.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
116 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
240 released 2 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 7.5 / 20
73 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 116
- Last 90 days
- 291
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 28 tools in Self-hosting Solutions by health , between xsrv (#10) and Tipi (#12) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Shell |
| Latest release | 240 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 73 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | homeserverhq/hshq ↗ |
HomeServerHQ vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with HomeServerHQ (Self-hosting Solutions), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umbrel | 96 | 12k | ⊘ Proprietary | 1 month ago |
| Cosmos | 95 | 6.2k | Apache-2.0 | 9 days ago |
| HomeButler | 90 | 313 | MIT | yesterday |
| DietPi | 85 | 6.4k | GPL-2.0 | today |
| HomeServerHQ (this tool) | 77 | 73 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| NextCloudPi | 59 | 3k | GPL-2.0 | 2 months ago |
HomeServerHQ: common questions
Is HomeServerHQ still maintained?
HomeServerHQ had 116 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 240, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.