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OpsiMatevsWriteFreely

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

OpsiMateWriteFreely
Score46/10065/100
Rank in category#35 of 51 in Monitoring & observability#2 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars2855 276
Stars, last 30 days+1+19
Stable releases, 12 months103
Latest releasev0.0.123 · 25 Oct 2026v0.17.2 · 10 Aug 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

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

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

If you want the quickest setup, OpsiMate is easier to run; WriteFreely needs more configuration.

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

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