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HomeButler vs Nezha: catalog facts
HomeButler	Nezha
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Linux, Self-hosted
Reports changes instead of live graphs Verifies that backups actually restore	Lightweight dashboard and agents SSL certificate expiry monitoring
Aimed at small homelabs rather than large fleets Young project with a small user base	Needs a server to host the dashboard Much of the community documentation is in Chinese
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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