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Dark Side vs Hestia

At a glance

  • Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 10+ for Dark Side.
  • On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, Dark Side about 1.
  • Dark Side has no reviews yet.
  • Hestia was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Apr 27, 2009 for Dark Side.
  • Dark Side has been around longer: since 2009, against 2017 for Hestia.

Line by line

Hestia leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricDark SideHestia
Popular rank–#31
Active installs10+70K+
Downloads, last 30 days1655.7K
RatingNo ratings4.8(563)
Last release17 years ago11 days ago
Requires PHP–5.4.0

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