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AListvsMy Idlers

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

AListMy Idlers
Score83/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#12 of 27 in Server Management
GitHub stars50 369400
Stars, last 30 days+154—
Stable releases, 12 months121
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 20264.0 · 2 Feb 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoPHP

Which one should you pick?

AList scores 83/100 against 52/100 for My Idlers, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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