Higangssh Homebutler by Higangssh

Manage your homelab from chat. Single binary, zero dependencies.

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Verdict 56/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 4 days ago

Self-host Higangssh Homebutler on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
56 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
139
11 forks

About Higangssh Homebutler

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

Your tiny homelab butler. A single Go binary for running a small home server without babysitting it.

HomeButler helps you answer the boring but painful questions every homelab eventually creates: What is running on my server righ

Health score breakdown

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

activity
72
maturity
71
community
59
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
17

Adoption signals

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

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 139 github.com/Higangssh/homebutler
GitHub forks 11 github.com/Higangssh/homebutler

Release & maintenance

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

Project age0.2 yearssince Feb 2026
Last commit4 days agoMay 3, 2026
Releases shipped33last: 4 days ago

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 →

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Ready to self-host Higangssh Homebutler?

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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