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CookCLIvsFerrite Telegram Server

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

CookCLIFerrite Telegram Server
Score61/10039/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Recipe Management#88 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars1 423177
Stars, last 30 days+32+0
Stable releases, 12 months210
Latest releasev0.39.0 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageRustC#

Which one should you pick?

CookCLI scores 61/100 against 39/100 for Ferrite Telegram Server, so it is the safer default.

CookCLI ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Ferrite Telegram Server.

If you want the quickest setup, CookCLI is easier to run; Ferrite Telegram Server needs more configuration.

CookCLI is growing faster right now (+32 stars in 30 days).

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