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media-journalvsMisskey

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

media-journalMisskey
Score45/10074/100
Rank in category#97 of 142 in Media Management#1 of 5 in Fediverse
GitHub stars13811 366
Stars, last 30 days+0+42
Stable releases, 12 months209
Latest releasev1.31.3 · 15 Oct 20262026.10.1 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Misskey scores 74/100 against 45/100 for media-journal, so it is the safer default.

media-journal ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for Misskey.

Misskey is growing faster right now (+42 stars in 30 days).

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