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cobaltvsForem Selfhost

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

cobaltForem Selfhost
Score83/10051/100
Rank in category#1 of 45 in Download Management#2 of 6 in Community
GitHub stars45 6011 479
Stars, last 30 days+1 791+-1
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageSvelteJinja

Which one should you pick?

cobalt scores 83/100 against 51/100 for Forem Selfhost, so it is the safer default.

If you want the quickest setup, cobalt is easier to run; Forem Selfhost needs more configuration.

cobalt is growing faster right now (+1 791 stars in 30 days).

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