ssb-server vs ssb-pub

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ssb-server		ssb-pub
	Project
6	Mentions	1
1,682	Stars	159
0.2%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
almost 2 years ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
JavaScript	Language	Shell
-	License	GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

ssb-server

Posts with mentions or reviews of ssb-server. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-02.

ssb-server VS ssb-bot-feed - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 2 Mar 2023
ssb-server alternatives - Reticulum, urbit, and earthstar
4 projects | 13 Oct 2022
Pub Servers · ssbc/ssb-server Wiki · GitHub
1 project | /r/cryptogeum | 18 Oct 2021
New to scuttlebutt and wanting to host a server. Room or Pub?
3 projects | /r/Rad_Decentralization | 7 Oct 2021

all these pub projects are just wrappers around this functionality in https://github.com/ssbc/ssb-server
Why hot new social app Clubhouse spells nothing but trouble. The startup’s invitation-only model gives it a sheen of exclusivity, but privacy horrors lurk behind the buzz.
1 project | /r/privacy | 20 Feb 2021

Secure Scuttlebutt isn't strictly speaking "invite-only", but to connect to a Pub (and therefore lots of people) you generally need an invite code. There's a list of public pubs here (which I updated earlier today)
Scuttlebutt – A decentralized secure gossip platform
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Jan 2021

[2] https://github.com/ssbc/ssb-server/wiki/Pub-Servers

ssb-pub

Posts with mentions or reviews of ssb-pub. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-07.

New to scuttlebutt and wanting to host a server. Room or Pub?
3 projects | /r/Rad_Decentralization | 7 Oct 2021

Yeah this is what I thought, but when I go to github, I get this for the first link: https://github.com/ahdinosaur/ssb-pub

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ssb-server and ssb-pub you can also consider the following projects:

ssb-room - A server to find and connect to other SSB peers – a meeting place. AGPL-3.0

easy-ssb-pub - An easy-to-host server that runs an SSB "Pub"

ssb-bot-feed - Scuttlebutt bot that read RSS feeds and post updates automatically

urbit - An operating function

http-ssb

Reticulum - The cryptography-based networking stack for building unstoppable networks with LoRa, Packet Radio, WiFi and everything in between.

Patchwork - A decentralized messaging and sharing app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB).

oasis - Free, open-source, peer-to-peer social application that helps you follow friends and discover new ones on Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB).

handbook.scuttlebutt.nz - ssb handbook: A guide to the Secure Scuttlebutt key concepts and influences (see also, new website: https://gitlab.com/ssbc/scuttlebutt.nz/)

ssb-browser-demo - A secure scuttlebutt client interface running in the browser