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RetromvsVvveb CMS

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

RetromVvveb CMS
Score59/10055/100
Rank in category#3 of 5 in Emulation#11 of 18 in Content Management
GitHub stars2 1001 212
Stars, last 30 days+28+18
Stable releases, 12 months108
Latest releasev0.8.4 · 14 Jun 20261.0.9.0 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptHTML

Which one should you pick?

Retrom scores 59/100 against 55/100 for Vvveb CMS, so it is the safer default.

Retrom ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for Vvveb CMS.

If you want the quickest setup, Vvveb CMS is easier to run; Retrom needs more configuration.

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