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nostrudelvsWriteFreely

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

nostrudelWriteFreely
Score43/10065/100
Rank in category#59 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums#2 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars2245 276
Stars, last 30 days—+19
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—v0.17.2 · 10 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

WriteFreely scores 65/100 against 43/100 for nostrudel, so it is the safer default.

WriteFreely ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for nostrudel.

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

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