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DispatcharrvsFerrite Telegram Server

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

DispatcharrFerrite Telegram Server
Score72/10039/100
Rank in category#7 of 118 in Media Server#88 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars4 421177
Stars, last 30 days+297+0
Stable releases, 12 months200
Latest releasev0.33.0 · 24 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonC#

Which one should you pick?

Dispatcharr scores 72/100 against 39/100 for Ferrite Telegram Server, so it is the safer default.

Dispatcharr ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Ferrite Telegram Server.

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

Dispatcharr is growing faster right now (+297 stars in 30 days).

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