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MyDuck ServervsWriteFreely

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

MyDuck ServerWriteFreely
Score49/10065/100
Rank in category#30 of 38 in Databases#2 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars5945 278
Stars, last 30 days+0+21
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—v0.17.2 · 10 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

WriteFreely scores 65/100 against 49/100 for MyDuck Server, so it is the safer default.

WriteFreely ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for MyDuck Server.

WriteFreely is growing faster right now (+21 stars in 30 days).

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