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Misskeyvsrestic-rest-server

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

Misskeyrestic-rest-server
Score74/10060/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Fediverse#18 of 46 in Backup
GitHub stars11 3651 532
Stars, last 30 days+37+36
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest release2026.10.1 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0BSD-2-Clause
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

Misskey scores 74/100 against 60/100 for restic-rest-server, so it is the safer default.

Misskey ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for restic-rest-server.

If you want the quickest setup, restic-rest-server is easier to run; Misskey needs more configuration.

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