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trypostvsWastebin

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

trypostWastebin
Score58/10056/100
Rank in category#4 of 18 in Social Media Management#4 of 19 in Pastebins
GitHub stars766880
Stars, last 30 days+2+20
Stable releases, 12 months1211
Latest releasev2.0.0 · 10 Oct 20263.9.0 · 15 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languagePHPRust

Which one should you pick?

trypost scores 58/100 against 56/100 for Wastebin, so it is the safer default.

trypost ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 11 for Wastebin.

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

Wastebin is growing faster right now (+20 stars in 30 days).

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