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copypartyvssphinx-relay

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

copypartysphinx-relay
Score82/10044/100
Rank in category#1 of 86 in File Sharing#71 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars47 168247
Stars, last 30 days+395—
Stable releases, 12 months190
Latest releasev1.20.26 · 14 Oct 2026—
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonTypescript

Which one should you pick?

copyparty scores 82/100 against 44/100 for sphinx-relay, so it is the safer default.

copyparty ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for sphinx-relay.

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

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

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