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AListvsumbrel

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

AListumbrel
Score83/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#9 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars50 369434
Stars, last 30 days+154—
Stable releases, 12 months124
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 2026v2.0.0 · 2 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

AList scores 83/100 against 52/100 for umbrel, so it is the safer default.

AList ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 4 for umbrel.

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

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

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