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friendupvsProject N.O.M.A.D.

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

friendupProject N.O.M.A.D.
Score44/10085/100
Rank in category#23 of 30 in Collaboration#1 of 42 in Knowledge Management
GitHub stars35741 133
Stars, last 30 days—+2 919
Stable releases, 12 months08
Latest release—v1.35.1 · 5 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Project N.O.M.A.D. scores 85/100 against 44/100 for friendup, so it is the safer default.

Project N.O.M.A.D. ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for friendup.

If you want the quickest setup, Project N.O.M.A.D. is easier to run; friendup needs more configuration.

Project N.O.M.A.D. is growing faster right now (+2 919 stars in 30 days).

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