YunoHost
Server operating system aiming to make self-hosting accessible to everyone.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 95 commits in the last 90 days, latest release debian/12.1.41.2 (Sep 2026).
Also an alternative to Cloudron Cloud.
Read the comparison: Cloudron vs YunoHost vs Cosmos vs Umbrel (2026)
At a glance
YunoHost quick facts
- Health score
- 84/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,988
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- debian/12.1.41.2, Sep 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to YunoHost
Full rankings: Cloudron Cloud alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "YunoHost is an operating system aiming to simplify as much as possible the administration of a server."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
YunoHost scores 84/100, #5 of 28 in Self-hosting Solutions: 95 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (debian/12.1.41.2, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,988 stars add 13.9 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 Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
95 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
debian/12.1.41.2 released 2 months ago
- Stars 13.9 / 20
3k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 95
- Last 90 days
- 95
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 28 tools in Self-hosting Solutions by health , between DietPi (#4) and DockSTARTer (#6) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Python, Shell |
| Latest release | debian/12.1.41.2 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 2,988 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | YunoHost/yunohost ↗ |
YunoHost vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with YunoHost (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 |
| YunoHost (this tool) | 84 | 3k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Cloudron | 61 | 34 | ⊘ Proprietary | yesterday |
| FreedomBox | 52 | 65 | AGPL-3.0 | 14 days ago |
| LibreServer | 52 | 54 | AGPL-3.0 | 9 days ago |
YunoHost: common questions
What does YunoHost replace?
Repoly lists YunoHost as an open-source alternative to Cloudron Cloud. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where YunoHost stands against the others.
Is YunoHost still maintained?
YunoHost had 95 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, debian/12.1.41.2, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.