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AListvsWhiteboard

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

AListWhiteboard
Score83/10056/100
Rank in category#1 of 34 in File Management#5 of 10 in Code Review
GitHub stars50 3733 381
Stars, last 30 days+150+4
Stable releases, 12 months123
Latest releasev3.66.0 · 21 Oct 2026diffr/0.1.22 · 26 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

AList scores 83/100 against 56/100 for Whiteboard, so it is the safer default.

AList ships more often: 12 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for Whiteboard.

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

AList is growing faster right now (+150 stars in 30 days).

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