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binderyvsFerrite Telegram Server

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

binderyFerrite Telegram Server
Score56/10039/100
Rank in category#3 of 19 in Ebook Management#88 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars540177
Stars, last 30 days——
Stable releases, 12 months270
Latest releasev1.46.1 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoC#

Which one should you pick?

bindery scores 56/100 against 39/100 for Ferrite Telegram Server, so it is the safer default.

bindery ships more often: 27 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Ferrite Telegram Server.

If you want the quickest setup, bindery is easier to run; Ferrite Telegram Server needs more configuration.

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