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hass-configuratorvsMastodon

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

hass-configuratorMastodon
Score50/10082/100
Rank in category#6 of 8 in Configuration Management#2 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars33950 459
Stars, last 30 days+0+139
Stable releases, 12 months242
Latest release0.7.0 · 18 Oct 2026v4.4.27 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonRuby

Which one should you pick?

Mastodon scores 82/100 against 50/100 for hass-configurator, so it is the safer default.

Mastodon ships more often: 42 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for hass-configurator.

If you want the quickest setup, hass-configurator is easier to run; Mastodon needs more configuration.

Mastodon is growing faster right now (+139 stars in 30 days).

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