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cobaltvsYarr

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

cobaltYarr
Score83/10061/100
Rank in category#1 of 45 in Download Management#7 of 85 in Feed Reader
GitHub stars45 6004 080
Stars, last 30 days+1 790+28
Stable releases, 12 months04
Latest release—v2.9 · 7 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageSvelteGo

Which one should you pick?

cobalt scores 83/100 against 61/100 for Yarr, so it is the safer default.

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

cobalt is growing faster right now (+1 790 stars in 30 days).

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