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dokployvsMastodon

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

dokployMastodon
Score80/10082/100
Rank in category#2 of 14 in Platform as a Service#2 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars38 09750 456
Stars, last 30 days+611+137
Stable releases, 12 months2738
Latest releasev0.30.10 · 22 Oct 2026v4.4.26 · 1 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptRuby

Which one should you pick?

Mastodon scores 82/100 against 80/100 for dokploy, so it is the safer default.

Mastodon ships more often: 38 stable releases in the past year, against 27 for dokploy.

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

dokploy is growing faster right now (+611 stars in 30 days).

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