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nfsen-ngvsPixelFed

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

nfsen-ngPixelFed
Score47/10064/100
Rank in category#31 of 48 in Network Monitoring#12 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars2857 131
Stars, last 30 days+0+24
Stable releases, 12 months015
Latest release—v0.15.2 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languagePHPPHP

Which one should you pick?

PixelFed scores 64/100 against 47/100 for nfsen-ng, so it is the safer default.

PixelFed ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for nfsen-ng.

PixelFed is growing faster right now (+24 stars in 30 days).

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