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ActivepiecesvsPairDrop

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

ActivepiecesPairDrop
Score81/10075/100
Rank in category#4 of 32 in Workflow Automation#2 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars25 26211 714
Stars, last 30 days+562+255
Stable releases, 12 months360
Latest release0.90.4-hotfix.1 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Activepieces scores 81/100 against 75/100 for PairDrop, so it is the safer default.

Activepieces ships more often: 36 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for PairDrop.

Activepieces is growing faster right now (+562 stars in 30 days).

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