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AListvsSignal TLS Proxy

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

AListSignal TLS Proxy
Score83/10049/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#16 of 25 in Proxy
GitHub stars50 3691 284
Stars, last 30 days+154—
Stable releases, 12 months120
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoShell

Which one should you pick?

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

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

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

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

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