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AListvsfilestash

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

AListfilestash
Score83/10070/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#3 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration
GitHub stars50 36514 834
Stars, last 30 days+150+123
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

AList scores 83/100 against 70/100 for filestash, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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