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element-webvsFreeLingo

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

element-webFreeLingo
Score75/10046/100
Rank in category#2 of 33 in Communication#18 of 30 in Education
GitHub stars13 621212
Stars, last 30 days+119—
Stable releases, 12 months1710
Latest releasev1.12.33 · 27 Oct 2026v1.10.60 · 24 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

element-web scores 75/100 against 46/100 for FreeLingo, so it is the safer default.

element-web ships more often: 17 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for FreeLingo.

If you want the quickest setup, element-web is easier to run; FreeLingo needs more configuration.

element-web is growing faster right now (+119 stars in 30 days).

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