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AListvsrustypaste

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

AListrustypaste
Score83/10056/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#32 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars50 3691 214
Stars, last 30 days+154+7
Stable releases, 12 months123
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 2026v0.18.1 · 7 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoRust

Which one should you pick?

AList scores 83/100 against 56/100 for rustypaste, so it is the safer default.

AList ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for rustypaste.

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

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

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