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Mailuvssubvert

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

Mailusubvert
Score69/10045/100
Rank in category#8 of 106 in Email#14 of 18 in Video Processing
GitHub stars7 595867
Stars, last 30 days+72—
Stable releases, 12 months220
Latest release2024.06.67 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languagePythonPHP

Which one should you pick?

Mailu scores 69/100 against 45/100 for subvert, so it is the safer default.

Mailu ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for subvert.

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

Mailu is growing faster right now (+72 stars in 30 days).

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