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Ferrite Telegram ServervsWagtail

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

Ferrite Telegram ServerWagtail
Score39/10079/100
Rank in category#88 of 110 in Chat#3 of 42 in Content Management
GitHub stars17720 594
Stars, last 30 days—+89
Stable releases, 12 months019
Latest release—v8.0.1 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0BSD-3-Clause
Main languageC#Python

Which one should you pick?

Wagtail scores 79/100 against 39/100 for Ferrite Telegram Server, so it is the safer default.

Wagtail ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Ferrite Telegram Server.

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

Wagtail is growing faster right now (+89 stars in 30 days).

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