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brightbean-studiovsWastebin

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

brightbean-studioWastebin
Score60/10056/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Social Media Management#4 of 19 in Pastebins
GitHub stars2 595880
Stars, last 30 days+225+20
Stable releases, 12 months011
Latest release—3.9.0 · 15 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonRust

Which one should you pick?

brightbean-studio scores 60/100 against 56/100 for Wastebin, so it is the safer default.

Wastebin ships more often: 11 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for brightbean-studio.

If you want the quickest setup, Wastebin 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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