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AListvspikvm

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

AListpikvm
Score83/10072/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#3 of 23 in Remote Access
GitHub stars50 36910 424
Stars, last 30 days+154+71
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGo—

Which one should you pick?

AList scores 83/100 against 72/100 for pikvm, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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