Ech0 by lin-snow

Ech0 - An open-source, self-hosted lightweight publishing platform for personal idea sharing.

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Verdict 79/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 3/5 setup difficulty Last release 3 days ago

Self-host Ech0 on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
79 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
3 /5
External DB / setup
GitHub stars
2.0k
152 forks

About Ech0

From the project's README at github.com/lin-snow/Ech0. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Preview · Official Site & Documentation · Releases · Ech0 Hub

[](https://github.com/lin-snow/Ech0/releases) [](./LICENSE) [](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/lin-snow/Ech0) [](./go.mod) [](https://github.com/lin-snow/Ech0/actions/workflows/release.yml) [![i18n](https

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
100
maturity
78
community
94
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
28

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 2.0k github.com/lin-snow/Ech0
GitHub forks 152 github.com/lin-snow/Ech0

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age1.1 yearssince Mar 2025
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped205last: 3 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links2declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Ready to self-host Ech0?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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