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MisskeyvsMy Idlers

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

MisskeyMy Idlers
Score74/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Fediverse#12 of 27 in Server Management
GitHub stars11 366400
Stars, last 30 days+42+0
Stable releases, 12 months91
Latest release2026.10.1 · 23 Oct 20264.0 · 2 Feb 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptPHP

Which one should you pick?

Misskey scores 74/100 against 52/100 for My Idlers, so it is the safer default.

Misskey ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for My Idlers.

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

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