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CaddyvsPairDrop

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

CaddyPairDrop
Score90/10075/100
Rank in category#1 of 12 in Web Servers#2 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars78 51711 713
Stars, last 30 days+2 482+254
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasev2.11.7 · 3 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
Main languageGoJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

Caddy scores 90/100 against 75/100 for PairDrop, so it is the safer default.

Caddy ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for PairDrop.

Caddy is growing faster right now (+2 482 stars in 30 days).

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