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grocyvsFerrite Telegram Server

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

grocyFerrite Telegram Server
Score75/10039/100
Rank in category#2 of 15 in Home Management#88 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars9 625177
Stars, last 30 days+102—
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasev4.7.1 · 4 Sept 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageBladeC#

Which one should you pick?

grocy scores 75/100 against 39/100 for Ferrite Telegram Server, so it is the safer default.

grocy ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Ferrite Telegram Server.

If you want the quickest setup, grocy is easier to run; Ferrite Telegram Server needs more configuration.

grocy is growing faster right now (+102 stars in 30 days).

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