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Apache HTTP ServervsRustFS

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

Apache HTTP ServerRustFS
Score74/10074/100
Rank in category#3 of 12 in Web Servers#1 of 5 in Storage
GitHub stars—35 519
Stars, last 30 days—+1 687
Stable releases, 12 months05
Latest release—1.0.4 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Main language—Rust

Which one should you pick?

Apache HTTP Server and RustFS score the same (74/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

RustFS ships more often: 5 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Apache HTTP Server.

RustFS is growing faster right now (+1 687 stars in 30 days).

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