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PixelFedvsswe-dashboard

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

PixelFedswe-dashboard
Score64/10035/100
Rank in category#12 of 69 in Social Networks & Forums#147 of 166 in Developer Tools
GitHub stars7 131138
Stars, last 30 days+24+0
Stable releases, 12 months150
Latest releasev0.15.2 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePHPGo

Which one should you pick?

PixelFed scores 64/100 against 35/100 for swe-dashboard, so it is the safer default.

PixelFed ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for swe-dashboard.

If you want the quickest setup, swe-dashboard is easier to run; PixelFed needs more configuration.

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

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