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CleanarrvsDiscourse

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

CleanarrDiscourse
Score46/10083/100
Rank in category#92 of 142 in Media Management#1 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars27448 027
Stars, last 30 days+0+131
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—_gh-attach-assets · 15 Jul 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-2.0
Main languageTypescriptRuby

Which one should you pick?

Discourse scores 83/100 against 46/100 for Cleanarr, so it is the safer default.

Discourse ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Cleanarr.

Discourse is growing faster right now (+131 stars in 30 days).

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