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ProxmoxVE vs teslamate
ProxmoxVE has 29,621 GitHub stars, 2,894 forks, 27 open issues and last shipped today. teslamate has 9,008 stars, 1,006 forks, 72 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ProxmoxVE leads on adoption by 229% (29,621 vs 9,008 stars). ProxmoxVE is written in Shell under MIT; teslamate is written in Elixir under AGPL-3.0. ProxmoxVE has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, teslamate 11%. ProxmoxVE was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (docker, home-automation), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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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| ProxmoxVE | teslamate | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 30K | ★ 9.0K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Shell | Elixir |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.9K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| 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 teslamate if
- You want the teslamate feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Elixir
- You evaluated both and teslamate 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.
read the full ProxmoxVE overview →
About teslamate
TeslaMate is an open source, self hosted data logger that records and visualises data from Tesla vehicles, built for Tesla owners who want their driving, charging and battery history to live on their own infrastructure instead of inside a third party service.
read the full teslamate overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is ProxmoxVE or teslamate more popular?
ProxmoxVE has 29,621 GitHub stars and teslamate has 9,008. ProxmoxVE has the larger community by that measure.
Are ProxmoxVE and teslamate free?
Both are open source. ProxmoxVE is licensed under MIT and teslamate under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between ProxmoxVE and teslamate?
ProxmoxVE is written in Shell and teslamate in Elixir. 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 teslamate?
Choose ProxmoxVE if you want the larger community (29,621 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose teslamate if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.