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grimmoryvsPinchflat

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

grimmoryPinchflat
Score69/10065/100
Rank in category#2 of 12 in Book Management#13 of 142 in Media Management
GitHub stars4 6235 430
Stars, last 30 days+204+62
Stable releases, 12 months190
Latest releasev3.5.0 · 21 Sept 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaElixir

Which one should you pick?

grimmory scores 69/100 against 65/100 for Pinchflat, so it is the safer default.

grimmory ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Pinchflat.

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

grimmory is growing faster right now (+204 stars in 30 days).

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