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ACE-StepvsMisskey

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

ACE-StepMisskey
Score77/10074/100
Rank in category#13 of 125 in AI#1 of 5 in Fediverse
GitHub stars14 14811 366
Stars, last 30 days+1 280+42
Stable releases, 12 months99
Latest releasev0.1.8 · 18 May 20262026.10.1 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

ACE-Step scores 77/100 against 74/100 for Misskey, so it is the safer default.

ACE-Step is growing faster right now (+1 280 stars in 30 days).

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