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nginx-ldap-authvsPixelFed

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

nginx-ldap-authPixelFed
Score43/10064/100
Rank in category#31 of 40 in Authentication#12 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars7097 131
Stars, last 30 days+0+24
Stable releases, 12 months015
Latest release—v0.15.2 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseBSD-2-ClauseAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPHP

Which one should you pick?

PixelFed scores 64/100 against 43/100 for nginx-ldap-auth, so it is the safer default.

PixelFed ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for nginx-ldap-auth.

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

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