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MisskeyvsPinchflat

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

MisskeyPinchflat
Score74/10065/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Fediverse#13 of 142 in Media Management
GitHub stars11 3655 431
Stars, last 30 days+37+63
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest release2026.10.1 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptElixir

Which one should you pick?

Misskey scores 74/100 against 65/100 for Pinchflat, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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