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crocvsfilestash

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

crocfilestash
Score82/10070/100
Rank in category#1 of 11 in File Transfer & Sync#3 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration
GitHub stars40 78714 833
Stars, last 30 days+356+122
Stable releases, 12 months480
Latest releasev11.5.5 · 19 Oct 2026—
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageGoGo

Which one should you pick?

croc scores 82/100 against 70/100 for filestash, so it is the safer default.

croc ships more often: 48 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for filestash.

croc is growing faster right now (+356 stars in 30 days).

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