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brightbean-studiovsεxodus

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

brightbean-studioεxodus
Score60/10056/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Social Media Management#5 of 12 in Privacy
GitHub stars2 595813
Stars, last 30 days+225+0
Stable releases, 12 months05
Latest release—v1.33.0 · 13 Sept 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

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

εxodus ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for brightbean-studio.

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

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

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