For Cloud Hosting Tools, the practical question is not just whether a project exists, but whether it looks healthy enough to rely on.
This ranking includes only open/source-visible tools and sorts by ToolVitals score first, with GitHub stars used as a secondary popularity signal when scores are tied. License and openness are reported conservatively: each listed tool here is labeled OSI-approved OSS, with its license_label shown exactly from the data.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nextcloud | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 100 | 100 | 36065 | 100 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Olares | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 95 | 100 | 5021 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | OpenCloud | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 93 | 100 | 5694 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Otomi | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 92 | 98 | 2257 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Dokku | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 90 | 95 | 32007 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Backend.AI | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-3.0 | 88 | 98 | 655 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Frappe Cloud | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 88 | 98 | 530 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | Coolify | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 91 | 92 | 58027 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | Uncloud | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 87 | 89 | 5328 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | Namespace | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 89 | 87 | 158 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | Ech0 | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 87 | 95 | 2020 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | Payara | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-2.0 | 87 | 87 | 915 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | Temps | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 81 | 95 | 494 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | OpenRun | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 80 | 93 | 894 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | OxiCloud | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 85 | 90 | 3360 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | Convox | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 81 | 83 | 175 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | Spinifex | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 80 | 90 | 20 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | YunoHost | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 90 | 67 | 2943 | 85 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 19 | Hestia Control Panel | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 81 | 75 | 4406 | 83 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 20 | Cipi | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 81 | 77 | 1124 | 83 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 21 | Ubicloud | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 83 | 72 | 12139 | 82 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 22 | Reviactyl | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 74 | 84 | 144 | 82 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 23 | Qovery | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 80 | 69 | 2449 | 81 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 24 | gogs | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 80 | 67 | 47658 | 80 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 25 | Runtipi | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 79 | 57 | 9524 | 77 | 🟢 Good |
| 26 | GoDoxy | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 64 | 82 | 3378 | 76 | 🟢 Good |
| 27 | Juno | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 73 | 55 | 412 | 74 | 🟢 Good |
| 28 | SkyPanelV2 | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 68 | 66 | 1 | 72 | 🟢 Good |
| 29 | Websoft9 | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-3.0 | 76 | 37 | 2123 | 69 | 🟢 Good |
| 30 | PinMe | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 71 | 40 | 3703 | 68 | 🟢 Good |
| 31 | QuickStack | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 66 | 49 | 347 | 68 | 🟢 Good |
| 32 | Nixopus | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 64 | 46 | 1448 | 67 | 🟢 Good |
| 33 | OpenResty Manager | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 71 | 40 | 1424 | 67 | 🟢 Good |
| 34 | OpenFaaS | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 74 | 28 | 26196 | 66 | 🟢 Good |
| 35 | Game Server | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 56 | 52 | 14 | 66 | 🟢 Good |
| 36 | KubeSphere | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 72 | 37 | 16991 | 65 | 🟢 Good |
| 37 | Froxlor | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-2.1 | 66 | 40 | 1745 | 65 | 🟢 Good |
| 38 | SellYourSaas | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 64 | 37 | 286 | 62 | 🟢 Good |
| 39 | CapRover | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 53 | 30 | 15086 | 58 | 🟡 Fair |
| 40 | Kubero | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 65 | 21 | 4340 | 58 | 🟡 Fair |
| 41 | dyrector.io | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 67 | 21 | 1842 | 58 | 🟡 Fair |
| 42 | KubeNova | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 49 | 49 | 85 | 58 | 🟡 Fair |
| 43 | Usulnet | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 55 | 30 | 119 | 57 | 🟡 Fair |
| 44 | Erda | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 67 | 14 | 2743 | 56 | 🟡 Fair |
| 45 | Gitflare | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 62 | 7 | 217 | 51 | 🟡 Fair |
| 46 | FastCP | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 47 | 20 | 58 | 50 | 🟡 Fair |
| 47 | Mist | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 49 | 7 | 63 | 46 | 🟡 Fair |
| 48 | PteroCA Panel | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 35 | 10 | 102 | 40 | 🟡 Fair |
| 49 | Shuttle | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 32 | 0 | 6925 | 38 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 50 | Cloudness | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 37 | 4 | 93 | 38 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Nextcloud ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 100, matching 100 health and 100 shipping scores. Its description positions it as a self-hosted home for user data, which fits the storage and collaboration side of cloud hosting.
Olares ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 98, backed by a 95 health score and 100 shipping score. The supplied description frames it as an open-source personal cloud focused on reclaiming user data.
OpenCloud ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 97, combining a 93 health score with a 100 shipping score. Its description focuses on file management, sharing, and collaboration, making it one of the stronger file-cloud entries in the dataset.
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