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copypartyvsRustFS

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

copypartyRustFS
Score82/10074/100
Rank in category#1 of 86 in File Sharing#1 of 5 in Storage
GitHub stars47 16335 499
Stars, last 30 days+390+1 767
Stable releases, 12 months195
Latest releasev1.20.26 · 14 Oct 20261.0.4 · 25 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITApache-2.0
Main languagePythonRust

Which one should you pick?

copyparty scores 82/100 against 74/100 for RustFS, so it is the safer default.

copyparty ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for RustFS.

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

RustFS is growing faster right now (+1 767 stars in 30 days).

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