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consulvsFerrite Telegram Server

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

consulFerrite Telegram Server
Score73/10039/100
Rank in category#3 of 31 in Networking#88 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars30 089177
Stars, last 30 days+8—
Stable releases, 12 months70
Latest releasev2.1.0 · 22 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoC#

Which one should you pick?

consul scores 73/100 against 39/100 for Ferrite Telegram Server, so it is the safer default.

consul ships more often: 7 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Ferrite Telegram Server.

consul is growing faster right now (+8 stars in 30 days).

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