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trypostvsYacy

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

trypostYacy
Score58/10062/100
Rank in category#4 of 18 in Social Media Management#18 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars7644 085
Stars, last 30 days—+41
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev2.0.0 · 10 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languagePHPJava

Which one should you pick?

Yacy scores 62/100 against 58/100 for trypost, so it is the safer default.

trypost ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Yacy.

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

Yacy is growing faster right now (+41 stars in 30 days).

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