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brightbean-studiovsYarr

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

brightbean-studioYarr
Score60/10061/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Social Media Management#7 of 85 in Feed Reader
GitHub stars2 5944 080
Stars, last 30 days+224+28
Stable releases, 12 months04
Latest release—v2.9 · 7 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

Yarr scores 61/100 against 60/100 for brightbean-studio, so it is the safer default.

Yarr ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for brightbean-studio.

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

brightbean-studio is growing faster right now (+224 stars in 30 days).

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