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Ferrite Telegram ServervsUnison

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

Ferrite Telegram ServerUnison
Score39/10065/100
Rank in category#88 of 110 in Chat#2 of 15 in File Sync
GitHub stars1775 559
Stars, last 30 days—+66
Stable releases, 12 months02
Latest release—v2.54.0 · 1 May 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageC#OCaml

Which one should you pick?

Unison scores 65/100 against 39/100 for Ferrite Telegram Server, so it is the safer default.

Unison ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Ferrite Telegram Server.

If you want the quickest setup, Unison is easier to run; Ferrite Telegram Server needs more configuration.

Unison is growing faster right now (+66 stars in 30 days).

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