BTCPay Server by btcpayserver

Accept Bitcoin payments. Free, open-source & self-hosted, Bitcoin payment processor.

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Verdict 81/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 1/5 setup difficulty 4048k docker pulls 6 open CVEs Last release 13 days ago

Self-host BTCPay Server on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
81 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
1 /5
One-click deploy
GitHub stars
7.5k
2.0k forks

About BTCPay Server

From the project's README at github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

BTCPay Server is a free and open-source Bitcoin payment processor which allows you to accept bitcoin without fees or intermediaries.

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
90
maturity
100
community
95
security
85
sustainability
88
adoption
37

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 7.5k github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver
GitHub forks 2.0k github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver
Docker Hub pulls 4048k hub.docker.com / btcpayserver

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age8.7 yearssince Aug 2017
Last commit5 days agoMay 2, 2026
Releases shipped149last: 13 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

17 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 6 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2023-1270.

Ready to self-host BTCPay Server?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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