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pidoorsvsPixelFed

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

pidoorsPixelFed
Score36/10064/100
Rank in category#69 of 78 in Security#12 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums
GitHub stars267 131
Stars, last 30 days+0+24
Stable releases, 12 months1915
Latest releasev0.4.11 · 12 Sept 2026v0.15.2 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
License—AGPL-3.0
Main languagePHPPHP

Which one should you pick?

PixelFed scores 64/100 against 36/100 for pidoors, so it is the safer default.

pidoors ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 15 for PixelFed.

PixelFed is growing faster right now (+24 stars in 30 days).

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