# home-screens vs Mastodon

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

| | home-screens | Mastodon |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 50/100 | 82/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #63 of 104 in Home Automation | #2 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums |
| GitHub stars | 96 | 50 457 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +27 | +137 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 9 | 42 ✓ |
| Latest release | v1.14.0 · 25 Oct 2026 | v4.4.27 · 29 Oct 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Moderate ✓ | Advanced |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | Ruby |

## Which one should you pick?

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

Mastodon ships more often: 42 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for home-screens.

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

Mastodon is growing faster right now (+137 stars in 30 days).

## Details

- [home-screens](https://selfhost.directory/project/home-screens) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/home-screens.md)
- [Mastodon](https://selfhost.directory/project/mastodon) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/mastodon.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/home-screens-vs-mastodon