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MailcowvsVvveb CMS

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

MailcowVvveb CMS
Score77/10055/100
Rank in category#2 of 106 in Email#11 of 18 in Content Management
GitHub stars13 7151 212
Stars, last 30 days+205+18
Stable releases, 12 months168
Latest release2026-10 · 21 Oct 20261.0.9.0 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptHTML

Which one should you pick?

Mailcow scores 77/100 against 55/100 for Vvveb CMS, so it is the safer default.

Mailcow ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for Vvveb CMS.

If you want the quickest setup, Vvveb CMS is easier to run; Mailcow needs more configuration.

Mailcow is growing faster right now (+205 stars in 30 days).

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