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InventairevsMastodon

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

InventaireMastodon
Score60/10082/100
Rank in category#2 of 4 in Library Management#2 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars—50 456
Stars, last 30 days—+136
Stable releases, 12 months038
Latest release—v4.4.26 · 1 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0-onlyAGPL-3.0
Main language—Ruby

Which one should you pick?

Mastodon scores 82/100 against 60/100 for Inventaire, so it is the safer default.

Mastodon ships more often: 38 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Inventaire.

Mastodon is growing faster right now (+136 stars in 30 days).

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