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jupyterhubvsLemmy

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

jupyterhubLemmy
Score69/10075/100
Rank in category#3 of 30 in Collaboration#3 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars8 35914 653
Stars, last 30 days+21+46
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—0.19.21 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonRust

Which one should you pick?

Lemmy scores 75/100 against 69/100 for jupyterhub, so it is the safer default.

Lemmy ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for jupyterhub.

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

Lemmy is growing faster right now (+46 stars in 30 days).

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