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| Characteristic | Actual Budget |  AdGuard Home |  Forgejo |  FreshRSS |  Gitea |  Home Assistant |  Immich |  Jellyfin |  Linkwarden |  Miniflux |  n8n |  Navidrome |  Nextcloud |  Paperless-ngx |  PhotoPrism |  Seafile |  Stirling PDF |  Syncthing |  Uptime Kuma |  Vaultwarden |
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| Overview | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Purpose | Envelope budgeting that syncs between your own devices | A DNS server that blocks ads and trackers for the whole network | A self-hosted Git service for code, issues, and collaboration | A personal RSS and Atom reader on your own server | A lightweight Git service for repositories, issues, and collaboration | A smart home hub that runs without vendor clouds | Self-hosted photo library with mobile sync and semantic search | Your own media server for movies, series, and music | Bookmarks and web archives on your own server | A minimalist feed reader with the Google Reader API | A workflow automation and integration builder on your own server | Your own music streaming service for a file collection | Your own cloud with files, calendar, and collaboration | Search, OCR, and organize documents on your own server | A private photo library with search, maps, and face recognition | Library-based file sync and sharing with fast desktop clients | More than 60 PDF tools on your own server | File synchronisation between devices, directly and without a cloud | Uptime monitoring for websites, ports, and certificates | A lightweight Bitwarden-compatible password manager server |
| Categories | Personal finance | Networking | Development | RSS and news | Development | Smart home | Photos and video | Media servers | Bookmarks and archiving | RSS and news | Automation | Music | Cloud storage | Documents | Photos and video | Cloud storage | Documents | File synchronisation | Monitoring | Password managers |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-or-later | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT | Apache-2.0 | AGPL-3.0-only | GPL-2.0-only | AGPL-3.0-only | Apache-2.0 | LicenseRef-n8n-Sustainable-Use-1.0 | GPL-3.0-only | AGPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only | AGPL-3.0-only | AGPL-3.0-only AND Apache-2.0 | LicenseRef-Stirling-PDF-User-License | MPL-2.0 | MIT | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Interface languages | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian | English · Russian |
| Mobile clients | None | None | None | Android · iOS | None | Android · iOS | Android · iOS | Android · iOS | Android · iOS | None | None | Android · iOS | Android · iOS | None | None | Android · iOS | None | Android · iOS | None | Android · iOS |
| Requirements | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum RAM | 512 MB | 256 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 1024 MB | 6144 MB | 1024 MB | 2048 MB | 512 MB | 1024 MB | 256 MB | 2048 MB | 2048 MB | 4096 MB | 2048 MB | 2048 MB | 256 MB | 512 MB | 256 MB |
| Disk estimate | 2 GB | 2 GB | 5 GB | 2 GB | 5 GB | 8 GB | 20 GB | 5 GB | 5 GB | 2 GB | 5 GB | 2 GB | 20 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Architectures | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 · arm64 · armv7 | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 · arm64 · armv7 | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 · arm64 · armv7 | amd64 · arm64 · armv7 | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 | amd64 · arm64 | amd64 · arm64 · armv7 | amd64 · arm64 · armv7 | amd64 · arm64 · armv7 |
| Database | SQLite | No database | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | SQLite | PostgreSQL | SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | MariaDB | MariaDB | Embedded, other | No database | SQLite | SQLite |
| External dependencies | None | None | None | PostgreSQL 18 | None | None | PostgreSQL 14 + VectorChord · Valkey 9 | None | PostgreSQL 16 · Meilisearch 1.13.3 | PostgreSQL 18 | PostgreSQL 17 | None | PostgreSQL 17 · Valkey 9 | PostgreSQL 18 · Valkey 9 | MariaDB 12.3.2 | MariaDB 10.11 · Valkey 9 | None | None | None | None |
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| Single sign-on | OIDC | No | OIDC | OIDC | OIDC | OIDC | OIDC | OIDC · SAML | OIDC | OIDC | OIDC · SAML | Reverse proxy only | OIDC · SAML | OIDC | OIDC | OIDC · SAML | OIDC · SAML | No | No | OIDC |
| OIDC | Built in | Not supported | Built in | Built in | Built in | Add-on required | Built in | Add-on required | Built in | Built in | Paid tier only | Not supported | Add-on required | Built in | Built in | Built in | Paid tier only | Not supported | Not supported | Built in |
| SAML | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Add-on required | Not supported | Not supported | Paid tier only | Not supported | Add-on required | Not supported | Not supported | Paid tier only | Paid tier only | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Two-factor authentication | Not supported | Not supported | Built in | Not supported | Built in | Built in | Not supported | Add-on required | Not supported | Built in | Built in | Not supported | Add-on required | Built in | Built in | Built in | Built in | Not supported | Built in | Built in |
| Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Installation difficulty | 1 / 5 · Very easy | 3 / 5 · Medium | 3 / 5 · Medium | 2 / 5 · Easy | 3 / 5 · Medium | 3 / 5 · Medium | 3 / 5 · Medium | 2 / 5 · Easy | 3 / 5 · Medium | 2 / 5 · Easy | 3 / 5 · Medium | 1 / 5 · Very easy | 3 / 5 · Medium | 3 / 5 · Medium | 3 / 5 · Medium | 3 / 5 · Medium | 2 / 5 · Easy | 2 / 5 · Easy | 1 / 5 · Very easy | 2 / 5 · Easy |
| Maintenance difficulty | 2 / 5 · Easy | 2 / 5 · Easy | 3 / 5 · Medium | 2 / 5 · Easy | 3 / 5 · Medium | 4 / 5 · Hard | 3 / 5 · Medium | 2 / 5 · Easy | 3 / 5 · Medium | 2 / 5 · Easy | 3 / 5 · Medium | 2 / 5 · Easy | 4 / 5 · Hard | 3 / 5 · Medium | 3 / 5 · Medium | 4 / 5 · Hard | 3 / 5 · Medium | 2 / 5 · Easy | 2 / 5 · Easy | 3 / 5 · Medium |
| Update complexity | Change the tag and restart | Change the tag and restart | Manual steps after the pull | Manual steps after the pull | Manual steps after the pull | Manual steps after the pull | Migration, majors cannot be skipped | Migration, majors cannot be skipped | Manual steps after the pull | Change the tag and restart | Migration, majors cannot be skipped | Change the tag and restart | Migration, majors cannot be skipped | Manual steps after the pull | Manual steps after the pull | Migration, majors cannot be skipped | Manual steps after the pull | Change the tag and restart | Change the tag and restart | Change the tag and restart |
| Releases per year | 17 | 14 | 38 | 5 | 17 | 58 | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 241 | 12 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 11 | 51 | 16 | 18 | 13 |
| Backup | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Restore tested | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Security | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Public exposure | Supported | Not recommended | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| Container privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges | No elevated privileges |
| Security assessment | Not assessed | Warnings found | Not assessed | Not assessed | Not assessed | Warnings found | Warnings found | Warnings found | Not assessed | Not assessed | Warnings found | Warnings found | Warnings found | Not assessed | Not assessed | Not assessed | Not assessed | Warnings found | Warnings found | Warnings found |
| Recipe status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Smoke test | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Not tested | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified | Fully verified |
| Recipe check | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Not tested | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current | Check is current |
| Recipe verification | Sep 3, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aug 30, 2026 | Aug 30, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aug 30, 2026 | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Latest release | Sep 1, 2026 | Aug 18, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 | Aug 29, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | Jun 6, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Jul 11, 2026 | Aug 13, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 13, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | Aug 22, 2026 | Aug 22, 2026 |
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