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FreeLingovsLemmy

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

FreeLingoLemmy
Score46/10075/100
Rank in category#18 of 30 in Education#3 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars21214 653
Stars, last 30 days+0+44
Stable releases, 12 months103
Latest releasev1.10.60 · 24 Oct 20260.19.21 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptRust

Which one should you pick?

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

FreeLingo ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for Lemmy.

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

Lemmy is growing faster right now (+44 stars in 30 days).

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