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lobsters-rails-projectvsWallabag

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

lobsters-rails-projectWallabag
Score66/10073/100
Rank in category#8 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums#4 of 46 in Bookmarks & Link Sharing
GitHub stars4 85313 034
Stars, last 30 days+11+51
Stable releases, 12 months01
Latest release—2.6.15 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageRubyPHP

Which one should you pick?

Wallabag scores 73/100 against 66/100 for lobsters-rails-project, so it is the safer default.

Wallabag ships more often: 1 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for lobsters-rails-project.

If you want the quickest setup, Wallabag is easier to run; lobsters-rails-project needs more configuration.

Wallabag is growing faster right now (+51 stars in 30 days).

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