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AListvstiledesk

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

AListtiledesk
Score83/10051/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#46 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars50 369324
Stars, last 30 days+146+0
Stable releases, 12 months121
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 20261.2.1 · 6 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoMustache

Which one should you pick?

AList scores 83/100 against 51/100 for tiledesk, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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