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Coldbox vs Hestia

At a glance

  • Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 2K+ for Coldbox.
  • On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, Coldbox about 1.
  • Coldbox is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 12 reviews, against 4.8 from 563 reviews.
  • Hestia was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Jun 25, 2023 for Coldbox.

Line by line

Hestia leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricColdboxHestia
Popular rank–#31
Active installs2K+70K+
Downloads, last 30 days5055.7K
Rating5.0(12)4.8(563)
Last release3 years ago11 days ago
Requires PHP5.65.4.0

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