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aria2-ariang-dockervscobalt

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

aria2-ariang-dockercobalt
Score58/10083/100
Rank in category#17 of 45 in Download Management#1 of 45 in Download Management
GitHub stars1 12145 589
Stars, last 30 days—+1 805
Stable releases, 12 months20
Latest releasev6.4.0 · 28 Nov 2025—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageShellSvelte

Which one should you pick?

cobalt scores 83/100 against 58/100 for aria2-ariang-docker, so it is the safer default.

aria2-ariang-docker ships more often: 2 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for cobalt.

cobalt is growing faster right now (+1 805 stars in 30 days).

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