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MisskeyvsYarrtube

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

MisskeyYarrtube
Score74/10045/100
Rank in category#1 of 5 in Fediverse#84 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars11 365198
Stars, last 30 days+37—
Stable releases, 12 months90
Latest release2026.10.1 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageTypescriptRust

Which one should you pick?

Misskey scores 74/100 against 45/100 for Yarrtube, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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