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MisskeyvsSemaphore UI

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

MisskeySemaphore UI
Score74/10073/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Fediverse#12 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars11 36514 334
Stars, last 30 days+37+151
Stable releases, 12 months920
Latest release2026.10.1 · 23 Oct 2026v2.18.31 · 7 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

Misskey scores 74/100 against 73/100 for Semaphore UI, so it is the safer default.

Semaphore UI ships more often: 20 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for Misskey.

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

Semaphore UI is growing faster right now (+151 stars in 30 days).

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