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GT Basic vs Hestia

At a glance

  • Hestia has more active installs: 70K+, against 70+ for GT Basic.
  • On a typical day, Hestia is downloaded about 785 times, GT Basic about 0.
  • GT Basic is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 563 reviews.
  • Hestia was updated more recently: Oct 29, 2026, against Nov 2, 2021 for GT Basic.
  • Hestia has been around longer: since 2017, against 2021 for GT Basic.

Line by line

Hestia leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.

MetricGT BasicHestia
Popular rank–#31
Active installs70+70K+
Downloads, last 30 days255.3K
Rating5.0(1)4.8(563)
Last release5 years ago10 days ago
Requires PHP5.65.4.0

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