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MisskeyvsTidal Echo

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

MisskeyTidal Echo
Score74/10047/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Fediverse#61 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars11 365329
Stars, last 30 days+37—
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest release2026.10.1 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptHTML

Which one should you pick?

Misskey scores 74/100 against 47/100 for Tidal Echo, so it is the safer default.

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

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

Misskey is growing faster right now (+37 stars in 30 days).

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