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Bluesky vs upvote-rss
Bluesky has 18,306 GitHub stars, 2,844 forks, 2,400 open issues and last shipped yesterday. upvote-rss has 500 stars, 13 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped 7 months ago. Bluesky leads on adoption by 3,561% (18,306 vs 500 stars). Bluesky is written in TypeScript under MIT; upvote-rss is written in PHP under MIT. Bluesky has attracted 16% as many forks as stars, upvote-rss 3%. Bluesky was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Bluesky | upvote-rss | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 18K | ★ 500 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-26 | 2026-03-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.8K | ⑂ 13 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Bluesky if
- You weight community size — 18K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick upvote-rss if
- You want the upvote-rss feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and upvote-rss fits your workflow better
About Bluesky
Bluesky is the open source social application codebase for the Bluesky Social app. It lives in the AT Protocol ecosystem, also called atproto, and it is written in TypeScript as a React Native application. The project provides client code for Web, iOS, and Android, and it builds on open source atproto packages such as @atproto/api, which live in a separate repository.
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About upvote-rss
Upvote RSS is a self hostable PHP application that generates rich RSS feeds of the most popular posts from Reddit, Hacker News, Lemmy, Lobste.rs, PieFed, Mbin, and GitHub, aimed at people who want to follow those communities from a feed reader rather than browsing them directly.
read the full upvote-rss overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bluesky or upvote-rss more popular?
Bluesky has 18,306 GitHub stars and upvote-rss has 500. Bluesky has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bluesky and upvote-rss free?
Both are open source. Bluesky is licensed under MIT and upvote-rss under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bluesky and upvote-rss?
Bluesky is written in TypeScript and upvote-rss in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Bluesky or upvote-rss?
Choose Bluesky if you want the larger community (18,306 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose upvote-rss if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.