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netboot.xyzvsWriteFreely

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

netboot.xyzWriteFreely
Score74/10065/100
Rank in category#1 of 11 in Deployment#2 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars12 5755 276
Stars, last 30 days+254+19
Stable releases, 12 months53
Latest release3.0.3 · 29 Aug 2026v0.17.2 · 10 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJinjaGo

Which one should you pick?

netboot.xyz scores 74/100 against 65/100 for WriteFreely, so it is the safer default.

netboot.xyz ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for WriteFreely.

netboot.xyz is growing faster right now (+254 stars in 30 days).

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