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Node REDvsrss-to-activitypub

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

Node REDrss-to-activitypub
Score81/10044/100
Rank in category#1 of 26 in Automation#52 of 85 in Feed Reader
GitHub stars23 791582
Stars, last 30 days+106+0
Stable releases, 12 months210
Latest release4.1.17 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Node RED scores 81/100 against 44/100 for rss-to-activitypub, so it is the safer default.

Node RED ships more often: 21 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for rss-to-activitypub.

If you want the quickest setup, Node RED is easier to run; rss-to-activitypub needs more configuration.

Node RED is growing faster right now (+106 stars in 30 days).

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