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copypartyvspaymenter

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

copypartypaymenter
Score82/10068/100
Rank in category#1 of 86 in File Sharing#3 of 13 in Billing
GitHub stars47 1772 811
Stars, last 30 days+394+500
Stable releases, 12 months1914
Latest releasev1.20.26 · 14 Oct 2026v1.5.9 · 2 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonPHP

Which one should you pick?

copyparty scores 82/100 against 68/100 for paymenter, so it is the safer default.

copyparty ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 14 for paymenter.

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