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ProliferatevsVert

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

ProliferateVert
Score49/10071/100
Rank in category#52 of 124 in AI#2 of 10 in File Conversion
GitHub stars51916 176
Stars, last 30 days+0+543
Stable releases, 12 months40
Latest releaseproliferate-v0.4.29 · 27 Aug 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Vert scores 71/100 against 49/100 for Proliferate, so it is the safer default.

Proliferate ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Vert.

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

Vert is growing faster right now (+543 stars in 30 days).

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