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go-ssb-roomvsLemmy

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

go-ssb-roomLemmy
Score47/10075/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Peer-to-Peer#3 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars20014 651
Stars, last 30 days—+44
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—0.19.21 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoRust

Which one should you pick?

Lemmy scores 75/100 against 47/100 for go-ssb-room, so it is the safer default.

Lemmy ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for go-ssb-room.

If you want the quickest setup, Lemmy is easier to run; go-ssb-room needs more configuration.

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

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