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cephvsPairDrop

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

cephPairDrop
Score78/10075/100
Rank in category#1 of 7 in Distributed Storage#2 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars17 17611 710
Stars, last 30 days+107+251
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageCJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

ceph scores 78/100 against 75/100 for PairDrop, so it is the safer default.

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

PairDrop is growing faster right now (+251 stars in 30 days).

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