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Descartes vs Hestia

At a glance

  • Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against fewer than 10 for Descartes.
  • On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 792 times, Descartes about 0.
  • Descartes has no reviews yet.
  • Hestia was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Oct 15, 2010 for Descartes.
  • Descartes has been around longer: since 2008, against 2017 for Hestia.

Line by line

Hestia leads on 3 of 3 comparable lines.

MetricDescartesHestia
Popular rank–#31
Active installsFewer than 1070K+
Downloads, last 30 days055.9K
RatingNo ratings4.8(563)
Last release16 years ago12 days ago
Requires PHP–5.4.0

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

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