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brightbean-studiovsTypecho

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

brightbean-studioTypecho
Score60/10066/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Social Media Management#1 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars2 59512 456
Stars, last 30 days+225+9
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—ci · 17 Jul 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-2.0
Main languagePythonPHP

Which one should you pick?

Typecho scores 66/100 against 60/100 for brightbean-studio, so it is the safer default.

Typecho ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for brightbean-studio.

If you want the quickest setup, Typecho is easier to run; brightbean-studio needs more configuration.

brightbean-studio is growing faster right now (+225 stars in 30 days).

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