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capjsvsSeaweedFS

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

capjsSeaweedFS
Score72/10081/100
Rank in category#15 of 78 in Security#1 of 11 in Cloud Storage
GitHub stars8 20335 795
Stars, last 30 days+351+834
Stable releases, 12 months1628
Latest releasestandalone@3.1.13 · 23 Sept 20264.51 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherApache-2.0
Main languageJavaScriptGo

Which one should you pick?

SeaweedFS scores 81/100 against 72/100 for capjs, so it is the safer default.

SeaweedFS ships more often: 28 stable releases in the past year, against 16 for capjs.

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

SeaweedFS is growing faster right now (+834 stars in 30 days).

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