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ProxmoxVE vs open-claude-cowork
ProxmoxVE has 29,607 GitHub stars, 2,887 forks, 27 open issues and last shipped yesterday. open-claude-cowork has 4,359 stars, 735 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. ProxmoxVE leads on adoption by 579% (29,607 vs 4,359 stars). ProxmoxVE is written in Shell under MIT; open-claude-cowork is written in JavaScript under MIT. ProxmoxVE has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, open-claude-cowork 17%. ProxmoxVE was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| ProxmoxVE | open-claude-cowork | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 30K | ★ 4.4K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Shell | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-05-23 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.9K | ⑂ 735 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick ProxmoxVE if
- You weight community size — 30K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Shell
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick open-claude-cowork if
- You want the open-claude-cowork feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and open-claude-cowork fits your workflow better
About ProxmoxVE
Proxmox VE Helper Scripts (Community Edition) is a collection of Shell scripts that install and configure self hosted services as containers or virtual machines on Proxmox VE. It is a community project built on the foundation of @tteck's original work, distributed under the MIT license, and it lives in the Proxmox VE and homelab ecosystem alongside LXC, Docker, Debian, Ubuntu, and Alpine tooling. The scripts cover hundreds of services across home automation, media, networking, monitoring, databases, security, and developer tooling.
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About open-claude-cowork
Open Claude Cowork is an open source JavaScript desktop chat application in the Electron, Node.js, and Anthropic Claude ecosystem. It uses the Claude Agent SDK, Composio Tool Router, and MCP, and includes Secure Clawdbot for messaging platforms.
read the full open-claude-cowork overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is ProxmoxVE or open-claude-cowork more popular?
ProxmoxVE has 29,607 GitHub stars and open-claude-cowork has 4,359. ProxmoxVE has the larger community by that measure.
Are ProxmoxVE and open-claude-cowork free?
Both are open source. ProxmoxVE is licensed under MIT and open-claude-cowork under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between ProxmoxVE and open-claude-cowork?
ProxmoxVE is written in Shell and open-claude-cowork in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, ProxmoxVE or open-claude-cowork?
Choose ProxmoxVE if you want the larger community (29,607 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose open-claude-cowork if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.