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copypartyvstextsnap

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

copypartytextsnap
Score82/10045/100
Rank in category#1 of 86 in File Sharing#8 of 12 in Document Processing
GitHub stars47 184196
Stars, last 30 days+401+0
Stable releases, 12 months192
Latest releasev1.20.26 · 14 Oct 2026v0.4.0 · 29 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITMIT
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

copyparty scores 82/100 against 45/100 for textsnap, so it is the safer default.

copyparty ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for textsnap.

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

copyparty is growing faster right now (+401 stars in 30 days).

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