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Shieldsvssocial_recipes

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

Shieldssocial_recipes
Score80/10043/100
Rank in category#6 of 166 in Developer Tools#16 of 18 in Recipe Management
GitHub stars27 33152
Stars, last 30 days+125+0
Stable releases, 12 months015
Latest release—v1.9.10 · 18 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageJavaScriptPython

Which one should you pick?

Shields scores 80/100 against 43/100 for social_recipes, so it is the safer default.

social_recipes ships more often: 15 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Shields.

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

Shields is growing faster right now (+125 stars in 30 days).

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