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cobaltvsPlik

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

cobaltPlik
Score83/10063/100
Rank in category#1 of 45 in Download Management#6 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration
GitHub stars45 5971 829
Stars, last 30 days+1 813+8
Stable releases, 12 months04
Latest release—1.4.3 · 21 Oct 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0Other
Main languageSvelteGo

Which one should you pick?

cobalt scores 83/100 against 63/100 for Plik, so it is the safer default.

Plik ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for cobalt.

cobalt is growing faster right now (+1 813 stars in 30 days).

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