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noisedashvsWriteFreely

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

noisedashWriteFreely
Score46/10065/100
Rank in category#3 of 3 in Audio#2 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars3665 276
Stars, last 30 days+0+19
Stable releases, 12 months23
Latest releasev0.8.0 · 22 Oct 2026v0.17.2 · 10 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

WriteFreely scores 65/100 against 46/100 for noisedash, so it is the safer default.

WriteFreely ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for noisedash.

WriteFreely is growing faster right now (+19 stars in 30 days).

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