homepage vs MicroWARP
Is it time to switch? We break down the differences so you can stop bleeding money.
Choose homepage.
If you want to own your data, save money, and avoid vendor lock-in, homepage is more popular among developers.
What Actually Matters
No fluff — just the differences that affect your decision
Both open source, different licenses: homepage uses GPL-3.0, MicroWARP uses MIT. Check the fine print if you're building commercial.
Both are free. Your wallet can relax on this one.
Both can run on your own metal with Docker. Full data ownership, no cloud dependency. We have deploy guides for each.
homepage dominates with 33.1k GitHub stars vs 1.4k. Bigger community = more plugins, more answers on Stack Overflow, faster bug fixes.
homepage is built in JavaScript, MicroWARP in Shell. Matters if you want to contribute, extend, or debug internals.
Try both — most offer free tiers. The right pick depends on your stack size, team, and tolerance for DevOps.
homepage
A highly customizable homepage (or startpage / application dashboard) with Docker and service API integrations.
Why Choose homepage
- ✓**Fully static, fast** — optimized for performance
- ✓**Fully proxied** — secure connections to services
- ✓**Easily configured** — via YAML files or Docker label discovery
Drawbacks
- ×Self-hosting can be complex
- ×May require additional setup for service integrations
MicroWARP
🚀 An 800KB RAM ultra-lightweight Cloudflare WARP SOCKS5 proxy in Docker. 仅需 800KB 内存的纯内核态 Cloudflare WARP 代理 - Docker
Why Choose MicroWARP
- ✓Open source and self-hostable
Drawbacks
- ×Requires self-hosting setup