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drawdbvsLemmy

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

drawdbLemmy
Score80/10075/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Diagramming#3 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars40 16414 653
Stars, last 30 days+466+44
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—0.19.21 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptRust

Which one should you pick?

drawdb scores 80/100 against 75/100 for Lemmy, so it is the safer default.

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

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

drawdb is growing faster right now (+466 stars in 30 days).

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