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ryotvsWriteFreely

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

ryotWriteFreely
Score64/10065/100
Rank in category#4 of 11 in Fitness Tracker#2 of 24 in Blogging
GitHub stars3 6505 276
Stars, last 30 days+44+19
Stable releases, 12 months23
Latest releasev10.5.0 · 22 Aug 2026v0.17.2 · 10 Aug 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptGo

Which one should you pick?

WriteFreely scores 65/100 against 64/100 for ryot, so it is the safer default.

WriteFreely ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for ryot.

ryot is growing faster right now (+44 stars in 30 days).

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