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AListvsTG Vault

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

AListTG Vault
Score83/10048/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#21 of 34 in File Management
GitHub stars50 369275
Stars, last 30 days+154—
Stable releases, 12 months1210
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 2026v2.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

AList scores 83/100 against 48/100 for TG Vault, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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