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mindwendelvsShields

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

mindwendelShields
Score44/10080/100
Rank in category#23 of 30 in Collaboration#6 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars14227 331
Stars, last 30 days+0+125
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest releasev0.4.9 · 8 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
Main languageElixirJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Shields scores 80/100 against 44/100 for mindwendel, so it is the safer default.

mindwendel ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shields.

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

Shields is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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