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AListvssearcharr

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

AListsearcharr
Score83/10049/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#51 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars50 369304
Stars, last 30 days+146+0
Stable releases, 12 months121
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 2026v3.4.0 · 8 Apr 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

AList scores 83/100 against 49/100 for searcharr, so it is the safer default.

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

AList is growing faster right now (+146 stars in 30 days).

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