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copypartyvsPulse

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

copypartyPulse
Score82/10071/100
Rank in category#1 of 86 in File Sharing#2 of 19 in Infrastructure Monitoring
GitHub stars47 1636 970
Stars, last 30 days+390+229
Stable releases, 12 months1943
Latest releasev1.20.26 · 14 Oct 2026helm-chart-6.6.0 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonGo

Which one should you pick?

copyparty scores 82/100 against 71/100 for Pulse, so it is the safer default.

Pulse ships more often: 43 stable releases in the past year, against 19 for copyparty.

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

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