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trusted-cgivsWagtail

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

trusted-cgiWagtail
Score45/10079/100
Rank in category#4 of 7 in Serverless#3 of 42 in Content Management
GitHub stars24920 594
Stars, last 30 days—+89
Stable releases, 12 months019
Latest release—v8.0.1 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITBSD-3-Clause
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Wagtail scores 79/100 against 45/100 for trusted-cgi, so it is the safer default.

Wagtail ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for trusted-cgi.

If you want the quickest setup, trusted-cgi is easier to run; Wagtail needs more configuration.

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

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