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cobaltvsPairDrop

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

cobaltPairDrop
Score83/10075/100
Rank in category#1 of 45 in Download Management#2 of 86 in File Sharing
GitHub stars45 58411 711
Stars, last 30 days+1 800+252
Stable releases, 12 months00
Latest release——
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageSvelteJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

cobalt scores 83/100 against 75/100 for PairDrop, so it is the safer default.

cobalt is growing faster right now (+1 800 stars in 30 days).

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