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AListvsGiraffile

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

AListGiraffile
Score83/10045/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#62 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars50 369187
Stars, last 30 days+154—
Stable releases, 12 months121
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 2026versions · 19 Aug 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

AList scores 83/100 against 45/100 for Giraffile, so it is the safer default.

AList ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for Giraffile.

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

AList is growing faster right now (+154 stars in 30 days).

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