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copypartyvsvanilla-cookbook

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

copypartyvanilla-cookbook
Score82/10046/100
Rank in category#1 of 86 in File Sharing#13 of 18 in Recipe Management
GitHub stars47 181158
Stars, last 30 days+398+0
Stable releases, 12 months1913
Latest releasev1.20.26 · 14 Oct 2026v1.6.1 · 28 Oct 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

copyparty scores 82/100 against 46/100 for vanilla-cookbook, so it is the safer default.

copyparty ships more often: 19 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for vanilla-cookbook.

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

copyparty is growing faster right now (+398 stars in 30 days).

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