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CMS Made SimplevsUglyFeed

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

CMS Made SimpleUglyFeed
Score64/10044/100
Rank in category#12 of 42 in Content Management#52 of 85 in Feed Reader
GitHub stars—323
Stars, last 30 days——
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—v0.0.52 · 5 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main language—Python

Which one should you pick?

CMS Made Simple scores 64/100 against 44/100 for UglyFeed, so it is the safer default.

UglyFeed ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CMS Made Simple.

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