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mautrix-metavsMisskey

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

mautrix-metaMisskey
Score52/10074/100
Rank in category#9 of 13 in Instant Messaging#1 of 5 in Fediverse
GitHub stars46111 365
Stars, last 30 days—+37
Stable releases, 12 months109
Latest releasev0.2610.0 · 16 Oct 20262026.10.1 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Misskey scores 74/100 against 52/100 for mautrix-meta, so it is the safer default.

mautrix-meta ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for Misskey.

If you want the quickest setup, Misskey is easier to run; mautrix-meta needs more configuration.

Misskey is growing faster right now (+37 stars in 30 days).

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