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copypartyvsOpenMES

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

copypartyOpenMES
Score82/10047/100
Rank in category#1 of 86 in File Sharing#4 of 4 in Industrial IoT
GitHub stars47 168178
Stars, last 30 days+395—
Stable releases, 12 months1910
Latest releasev1.20.26 · 14 Oct 2026v0.27.0 · 14 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPHP

Which one should you pick?

copyparty scores 82/100 against 47/100 for OpenMES, so it is the safer default.

copyparty ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for OpenMES.

copyparty is growing faster right now (+395 stars in 30 days).

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