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OpeniLink HubvsWriteFreely

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

OpeniLink HubWriteFreely
Score55/10065/100
Rank in category#34 of 110 in Chat#2 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars1 5995 276
Stars, last 30 days—+19
Stable releases, 12 months103
Latest releasev0.1.36 · 18 Jun 2026v0.17.2 · 10 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

WriteFreely scores 65/100 against 55/100 for OpeniLink Hub, so it is the safer default.

OpeniLink Hub ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for WriteFreely.

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

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