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AListvsOpenAList

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

AListOpenAList
Score83/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#16 of 34 in File Management
GitHub stars50 366253
Stars, last 30 days+151—
Stable releases, 12 months1210
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 2026v3.45.31 · 22 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

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

AList ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for OpenAList.

AList is growing faster right now (+151 stars in 30 days).

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