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ListmonkvsDeta Surf

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

ListmonkDeta Surf
Score80/10059/100
Rank in category#1 of 106 in Email#21 of 81 in Notes & Editors
GitHub stars24 0313 613
Stars, last 30 days+465+0
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasev6.2.0 · 26 Jun 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Listmonk scores 80/100 against 59/100 for Deta Surf, so it is the safer default.

Listmonk ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Deta Surf.

If you want the quickest setup, Deta Surf is easier to run; Listmonk needs more configuration.

Listmonk is growing faster right now (+465 stars in 30 days).

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