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daedalOSvstextpod

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

daedalOStextpod
Score72/10045/100
Rank in category#2 of 5 in Emulation#54 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars13 077322
Stars, last 30 days+38+0
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—0.1.8 · 29 May 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptRust

Which one should you pick?

daedalOS scores 72/100 against 45/100 for textpod, so it is the safer default.

textpod ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for daedalOS.

If you want the quickest setup, textpod is easier to run; daedalOS needs more configuration.

daedalOS is growing faster right now (+38 stars in 30 days).

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