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Ferrite Telegram ServervsUrbit

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

Ferrite Telegram ServerUrbit
Score39/10063/100
Rank in category#88 of 110 in Chat#3 of 8 in Operating System
GitHub stars1773 622
Stars, last 30 days+0+5
Stable releases, 12 months06
Latest release—408k-2 · 4 Aug 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageC#hoon

Which one should you pick?

Urbit scores 63/100 against 39/100 for Ferrite Telegram Server, so it is the safer default.

Urbit ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Ferrite Telegram Server.

Urbit is growing faster right now (+5 stars in 30 days).

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